1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tests/tail.test b/tests/tail.test
index 81dc871f..b148aebc 100755
--- a/tests/tail.test
+++ b/tests/tail.test
@@ -43,13 +43,12 @@ testing "noseek -c+ out of bonds" "tail -c +999" "" "" "$BIGTEST"
 
 makebigfile()
 {
-
   for j in $(seq 1 100)
   do
-    printf "%s " $j
+    echo -n "$j "
     for i in $(seq 1 100)
     do
-      printf %s 123456789abcefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
+      echo -n 123456789abcefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
     done
     echo
   done