fix(test): use portable command for empty-output test#88
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domenkozar merged 1 commit intoMay 12, 2026
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`echo -n ''` is not POSIX-portable: macOS /bin/sh (which is dash) prints "-n" literally instead of suppressing the newline, causing `test_generate_command_empty_output` to pass unexpectedly on macOS. Replace with `printf ''` which produces zero bytes on all platforms.
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Summary
echo -nwithprintf ''intest_generate_command_empty_outputecho -nis non-POSIX and prints literal-non macOS/bin/sh, causing the test to failprintf ''produces empty output on all POSIX shellsTest plan
printf ''produces empty output on macOS and Linuxecho -nusage in codebase