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1 # Library of functions shared by all tests scripts, included by
2 # test-lib.sh.
4 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
6 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
9 # (at your option) any later version.
11 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 # GNU General Public License for more details.
16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 # along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ .
19 # The semantics of the editor variables are that of invoking
20 # sh -c "$EDITOR \"$@\"" files ...
22 # If our trash directory contains shell metacharacters, they will be
23 # interpreted if we just set $EDITOR directly, so do a little dance with
24 # environment variables to work around this.
26 # In particular, quoting isn't enough, as the path may contain the same quote
27 # that we're using.
28 test_set_editor () {
29 FAKE_EDITOR="$1"
30 export FAKE_EDITOR
31 EDITOR='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
32 export EDITOR
35 test_set_index_version () {
36 GIT_INDEX_VERSION="$1"
37 export GIT_INDEX_VERSION
40 test_decode_color () {
41 awk '
42 function name(n) {
43 if (n == 0) return "RESET";
44 if (n == 1) return "BOLD";
45 if (n == 30) return "BLACK";
46 if (n == 31) return "RED";
47 if (n == 32) return "GREEN";
48 if (n == 33) return "YELLOW";
49 if (n == 34) return "BLUE";
50 if (n == 35) return "MAGENTA";
51 if (n == 36) return "CYAN";
52 if (n == 37) return "WHITE";
53 if (n == 40) return "BLACK";
54 if (n == 41) return "BRED";
55 if (n == 42) return "BGREEN";
56 if (n == 43) return "BYELLOW";
57 if (n == 44) return "BBLUE";
58 if (n == 45) return "BMAGENTA";
59 if (n == 46) return "BCYAN";
60 if (n == 47) return "BWHITE";
63 while (match($0, /\033\[[0-9;]*m/) != 0) {
64 printf "%s<", substr($0, 1, RSTART-1);
65 codes = substr($0, RSTART+2, RLENGTH-3);
66 if (length(codes) == 0)
67 printf "%s", name(0)
68 else {
69 n = split(codes, ary, ";");
70 sep = "";
71 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
72 printf "%s%s", sep, name(ary[i]);
73 sep = ";"
76 printf ">";
77 $0 = substr($0, RSTART + RLENGTH, length($0) - RSTART - RLENGTH + 1);
79 print
84 nul_to_q () {
85 perl -pe 'y/\000/Q/'
88 q_to_nul () {
89 perl -pe 'y/Q/\000/'
92 q_to_cr () {
93 tr Q '\015'
96 q_to_tab () {
97 tr Q '\011'
100 qz_to_tab_space () {
101 tr QZ '\011\040'
104 append_cr () {
105 sed -e 's/$/Q/' | tr Q '\015'
108 remove_cr () {
109 tr '\015' Q | sed -e 's/Q$//'
112 # In some bourne shell implementations, the "unset" builtin returns
113 # nonzero status when a variable to be unset was not set in the first
114 # place.
116 # Use sane_unset when that should not be considered an error.
118 sane_unset () {
119 unset "$@"
120 return 0
123 test_tick () {
124 if test -z "${test_tick+set}"
125 then
126 test_tick=1112911993
127 else
128 test_tick=$(($test_tick + 60))
130 GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$test_tick -0700"
131 GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$test_tick -0700"
132 export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
135 # Stop execution and start a shell. This is useful for debugging tests and
136 # only makes sense together with "-v".
138 # Be sure to remove all invocations of this command before submitting.
140 test_pause () {
141 if test "$verbose" = t; then
142 "$SHELL_PATH" <&6 >&3 2>&4
143 else
144 error >&5 "test_pause requires --verbose"
148 # Call test_commit with the arguments "<message> [<file> [<contents> [<tag>]]]"
150 # This will commit a file with the given contents and the given commit
151 # message, and tag the resulting commit with the given tag name.
153 # <file>, <contents>, and <tag> all default to <message>.
155 test_commit () {
156 notick= &&
157 signoff= &&
158 while test $# != 0
160 case "$1" in
161 --notick)
162 notick=yes
164 --signoff)
165 signoff="$1"
168 break
170 esac
171 shift
172 done &&
173 file=${2:-"$1.t"} &&
174 echo "${3-$1}" > "$file" &&
175 git add "$file" &&
176 if test -z "$notick"
177 then
178 test_tick
179 fi &&
180 git commit $signoff -m "$1" &&
181 git tag "${4:-$1}"
184 # Call test_merge with the arguments "<message> <commit>", where <commit>
185 # can be a tag pointing to the commit-to-merge.
187 test_merge () {
188 test_tick &&
189 git merge -m "$1" "$2" &&
190 git tag "$1"
193 # This function helps systems where core.filemode=false is set.
194 # Use it instead of plain 'chmod +x' to set or unset the executable bit
195 # of a file in the working directory and add it to the index.
197 test_chmod () {
198 chmod "$@" &&
199 git update-index --add "--chmod=$@"
202 # Unset a configuration variable, but don't fail if it doesn't exist.
203 test_unconfig () {
204 git config --unset-all "$@"
205 config_status=$?
206 case "$config_status" in
207 5) # ok, nothing to unset
208 config_status=0
210 esac
211 return $config_status
214 # Set git config, automatically unsetting it after the test is over.
215 test_config () {
216 test_when_finished "test_unconfig '$1'" &&
217 git config "$@"
220 test_config_global () {
221 test_when_finished "test_unconfig --global '$1'" &&
222 git config --global "$@"
225 write_script () {
227 echo "#!${2-"$SHELL_PATH"}" &&
229 } >"$1" &&
230 chmod +x "$1"
233 # Use test_set_prereq to tell that a particular prerequisite is available.
234 # The prerequisite can later be checked for in two ways:
236 # - Explicitly using test_have_prereq.
238 # - Implicitly by specifying the prerequisite tag in the calls to
239 # test_expect_{success,failure,code}.
241 # The single parameter is the prerequisite tag (a simple word, in all
242 # capital letters by convention).
244 test_set_prereq () {
245 satisfied_prereq="$satisfied_prereq$1 "
247 satisfied_prereq=" "
248 lazily_testable_prereq= lazily_tested_prereq=
250 # Usage: test_lazy_prereq PREREQ 'script'
251 test_lazy_prereq () {
252 lazily_testable_prereq="$lazily_testable_prereq$1 "
253 eval test_prereq_lazily_$1=\$2
256 test_run_lazy_prereq_ () {
257 script='
258 mkdir -p "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/prereq-test-dir" &&
260 cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/prereq-test-dir" &&'"$2"'
262 say >&3 "checking prerequisite: $1"
263 say >&3 "$script"
264 test_eval_ "$script"
265 eval_ret=$?
266 rm -rf "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/prereq-test-dir"
267 if test "$eval_ret" = 0; then
268 say >&3 "prerequisite $1 ok"
269 else
270 say >&3 "prerequisite $1 not satisfied"
272 return $eval_ret
275 test_have_prereq () {
276 # prerequisites can be concatenated with ','
277 save_IFS=$IFS
278 IFS=,
279 set -- $*
280 IFS=$save_IFS
282 total_prereq=0
283 ok_prereq=0
284 missing_prereq=
286 for prerequisite
288 case "$prerequisite" in
290 negative_prereq=t
291 prerequisite=${prerequisite#!}
294 negative_prereq=
295 esac
297 case " $lazily_tested_prereq " in
298 *" $prerequisite "*)
301 case " $lazily_testable_prereq " in
302 *" $prerequisite "*)
303 eval "script=\$test_prereq_lazily_$prerequisite" &&
304 if test_run_lazy_prereq_ "$prerequisite" "$script"
305 then
306 test_set_prereq $prerequisite
308 lazily_tested_prereq="$lazily_tested_prereq$prerequisite "
309 esac
311 esac
313 total_prereq=$(($total_prereq + 1))
314 case "$satisfied_prereq" in
315 *" $prerequisite "*)
316 satisfied_this_prereq=t
319 satisfied_this_prereq=
320 esac
322 case "$satisfied_this_prereq,$negative_prereq" in
323 t,|,t)
324 ok_prereq=$(($ok_prereq + 1))
327 # Keep a list of missing prerequisites; restore
328 # the negative marker if necessary.
329 prerequisite=${negative_prereq:+!}$prerequisite
330 if test -z "$missing_prereq"
331 then
332 missing_prereq=$prerequisite
333 else
334 missing_prereq="$prerequisite,$missing_prereq"
336 esac
337 done
339 test $total_prereq = $ok_prereq
342 test_declared_prereq () {
343 case ",$test_prereq," in
344 *,$1,*)
345 return 0
347 esac
348 return 1
351 test_expect_failure () {
352 test_start_
353 test "$#" = 3 && { test_prereq=$1; shift; } || test_prereq=
354 test "$#" = 2 ||
355 error "bug in the test script: not 2 or 3 parameters to test-expect-failure"
356 export test_prereq
357 if ! test_skip "$@"
358 then
359 say >&3 "checking known breakage: $2"
360 if test_run_ "$2" expecting_failure
361 then
362 test_known_broken_ok_ "$1"
363 else
364 test_known_broken_failure_ "$1"
367 test_finish_
370 test_expect_success () {
371 test_start_
372 test "$#" = 3 && { test_prereq=$1; shift; } || test_prereq=
373 test "$#" = 2 ||
374 error "bug in the test script: not 2 or 3 parameters to test-expect-success"
375 export test_prereq
376 if ! test_skip "$@"
377 then
378 say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
379 if test_run_ "$2"
380 then
381 test_ok_ "$1"
382 else
383 test_failure_ "$@"
386 test_finish_
389 # test_external runs external test scripts that provide continuous
390 # test output about their progress, and succeeds/fails on
391 # zero/non-zero exit code. It outputs the test output on stdout even
392 # in non-verbose mode, and announces the external script with "# run
393 # <n>: ..." before running it. When providing relative paths, keep in
394 # mind that all scripts run in "trash directory".
395 # Usage: test_external description command arguments...
396 # Example: test_external 'Perl API' perl ../path/to/test.pl
397 test_external () {
398 test "$#" = 4 && { test_prereq=$1; shift; } || test_prereq=
399 test "$#" = 3 ||
400 error >&5 "bug in the test script: not 3 or 4 parameters to test_external"
401 descr="$1"
402 shift
403 export test_prereq
404 if ! test_skip "$descr" "$@"
405 then
406 # Announce the script to reduce confusion about the
407 # test output that follows.
408 say_color "" "# run $test_count: $descr ($*)"
409 # Export TEST_DIRECTORY, TRASH_DIRECTORY and GIT_TEST_LONG
410 # to be able to use them in script
411 export TEST_DIRECTORY TRASH_DIRECTORY GIT_TEST_LONG
412 # Run command; redirect its stderr to &4 as in
413 # test_run_, but keep its stdout on our stdout even in
414 # non-verbose mode.
415 "$@" 2>&4
416 if test "$?" = 0
417 then
418 if test $test_external_has_tap -eq 0; then
419 test_ok_ "$descr"
420 else
421 say_color "" "# test_external test $descr was ok"
422 test_success=$(($test_success + 1))
424 else
425 if test $test_external_has_tap -eq 0; then
426 test_failure_ "$descr" "$@"
427 else
428 say_color error "# test_external test $descr failed: $@"
429 test_failure=$(($test_failure + 1))
435 # Like test_external, but in addition tests that the command generated
436 # no output on stderr.
437 test_external_without_stderr () {
438 # The temporary file has no (and must have no) security
439 # implications.
440 tmp=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
441 stderr="$tmp/git-external-stderr.$$.tmp"
442 test_external "$@" 4> "$stderr"
443 test -f "$stderr" || error "Internal error: $stderr disappeared."
444 descr="no stderr: $1"
445 shift
446 say >&3 "# expecting no stderr from previous command"
447 if test ! -s "$stderr"
448 then
449 rm "$stderr"
451 if test $test_external_has_tap -eq 0; then
452 test_ok_ "$descr"
453 else
454 say_color "" "# test_external_without_stderr test $descr was ok"
455 test_success=$(($test_success + 1))
457 else
458 if test "$verbose" = t
459 then
460 output=$(echo; echo "# Stderr is:"; cat "$stderr")
461 else
462 output=
464 # rm first in case test_failure exits.
465 rm "$stderr"
466 if test $test_external_has_tap -eq 0; then
467 test_failure_ "$descr" "$@" "$output"
468 else
469 say_color error "# test_external_without_stderr test $descr failed: $@: $output"
470 test_failure=$(($test_failure + 1))
475 # debugging-friendly alternatives to "test [-f|-d|-e]"
476 # The commands test the existence or non-existence of $1. $2 can be
477 # given to provide a more precise diagnosis.
478 test_path_is_file () {
479 if ! test -f "$1"
480 then
481 echo "File $1 doesn't exist. $*"
482 false
486 test_path_is_dir () {
487 if ! test -d "$1"
488 then
489 echo "Directory $1 doesn't exist. $*"
490 false
494 # Check if the directory exists and is empty as expected, barf otherwise.
495 test_dir_is_empty () {
496 test_path_is_dir "$1" &&
497 if test -n "$(ls -a1 "$1" | egrep -v '^\.\.?$')"
498 then
499 echo "Directory '$1' is not empty, it contains:"
500 ls -la "$1"
501 return 1
505 test_path_is_missing () {
506 if test -e "$1"
507 then
508 echo "Path exists:"
509 ls -ld "$1"
510 if test $# -ge 1
511 then
512 echo "$*"
514 false
518 # test_line_count checks that a file has the number of lines it
519 # ought to. For example:
521 # test_expect_success 'produce exactly one line of output' '
522 # do something >output &&
523 # test_line_count = 1 output
526 # is like "test $(wc -l <output) = 1" except that it passes the
527 # output through when the number of lines is wrong.
529 test_line_count () {
530 if test $# != 3
531 then
532 error "bug in the test script: not 3 parameters to test_line_count"
533 elif ! test $(wc -l <"$3") "$1" "$2"
534 then
535 echo "test_line_count: line count for $3 !$1 $2"
536 cat "$3"
537 return 1
541 # This is not among top-level (test_expect_success | test_expect_failure)
542 # but is a prefix that can be used in the test script, like:
544 # test_expect_success 'complain and die' '
545 # do something &&
546 # do something else &&
547 # test_must_fail git checkout ../outerspace
550 # Writing this as "! git checkout ../outerspace" is wrong, because
551 # the failure could be due to a segv. We want a controlled failure.
553 test_must_fail () {
554 "$@"
555 exit_code=$?
556 if test $exit_code = 0; then
557 echo >&2 "test_must_fail: command succeeded: $*"
558 return 1
559 elif test $exit_code -gt 129 && test $exit_code -le 192; then
560 echo >&2 "test_must_fail: died by signal: $*"
561 return 1
562 elif test $exit_code = 127; then
563 echo >&2 "test_must_fail: command not found: $*"
564 return 1
565 elif test $exit_code = 126; then
566 echo >&2 "test_must_fail: valgrind error: $*"
567 return 1
569 return 0
572 # Similar to test_must_fail, but tolerates success, too. This is
573 # meant to be used in contexts like:
575 # test_expect_success 'some command works without configuration' '
576 # test_might_fail git config --unset all.configuration &&
577 # do something
580 # Writing "git config --unset all.configuration || :" would be wrong,
581 # because we want to notice if it fails due to segv.
583 test_might_fail () {
584 "$@"
585 exit_code=$?
586 if test $exit_code -gt 129 && test $exit_code -le 192; then
587 echo >&2 "test_might_fail: died by signal: $*"
588 return 1
589 elif test $exit_code = 127; then
590 echo >&2 "test_might_fail: command not found: $*"
591 return 1
593 return 0
596 # Similar to test_must_fail and test_might_fail, but check that a
597 # given command exited with a given exit code. Meant to be used as:
599 # test_expect_success 'Merge with d/f conflicts' '
600 # test_expect_code 1 git merge "merge msg" B master
603 test_expect_code () {
604 want_code=$1
605 shift
606 "$@"
607 exit_code=$?
608 if test $exit_code = $want_code
609 then
610 return 0
613 echo >&2 "test_expect_code: command exited with $exit_code, we wanted $want_code $*"
614 return 1
617 # test_cmp is a helper function to compare actual and expected output.
618 # You can use it like:
620 # test_expect_success 'foo works' '
621 # echo expected >expected &&
622 # foo >actual &&
623 # test_cmp expected actual
626 # This could be written as either "cmp" or "diff -u", but:
627 # - cmp's output is not nearly as easy to read as diff -u
628 # - not all diff versions understand "-u"
630 test_cmp() {
631 $GIT_TEST_CMP "$@"
634 # test_cmp_bin - helper to compare binary files
636 test_cmp_bin() {
637 cmp "$@"
640 # Call any command "$@" but be more verbose about its
641 # failure. This is handy for commands like "test" which do
642 # not output anything when they fail.
643 verbose () {
644 "$@" && return 0
645 echo >&2 "command failed: $(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@")"
646 return 1
649 # Check if the file expected to be empty is indeed empty, and barfs
650 # otherwise.
652 test_must_be_empty () {
653 if test -s "$1"
654 then
655 echo "'$1' is not empty, it contains:"
656 cat "$1"
657 return 1
661 # Tests that its two parameters refer to the same revision
662 test_cmp_rev () {
663 git rev-parse --verify "$1" >expect.rev &&
664 git rev-parse --verify "$2" >actual.rev &&
665 test_cmp expect.rev actual.rev
668 # Print a sequence of numbers or letters in increasing order. This is
669 # similar to GNU seq(1), but the latter might not be available
670 # everywhere (and does not do letters). It may be used like:
672 # for i in $(test_seq 100)
673 # do
674 # for j in $(test_seq 10 20)
675 # do
676 # for k in $(test_seq a z)
677 # do
678 # echo $i-$j-$k
679 # done
680 # done
681 # done
683 test_seq () {
684 case $# in
685 1) set 1 "$@" ;;
686 2) ;;
687 *) error "bug in the test script: not 1 or 2 parameters to test_seq" ;;
688 esac
689 perl -le 'print for $ARGV[0]..$ARGV[1]' -- "$@"
692 # This function can be used to schedule some commands to be run
693 # unconditionally at the end of the test to restore sanity:
695 # test_expect_success 'test core.capslock' '
696 # git config core.capslock true &&
697 # test_when_finished "git config --unset core.capslock" &&
698 # hello world
701 # That would be roughly equivalent to
703 # test_expect_success 'test core.capslock' '
704 # git config core.capslock true &&
705 # hello world
706 # git config --unset core.capslock
709 # except that the greeting and config --unset must both succeed for
710 # the test to pass.
712 # Note that under --immediate mode, no clean-up is done to help diagnose
713 # what went wrong.
715 test_when_finished () {
716 test_cleanup="{ $*
717 } && (exit \"\$eval_ret\"); eval_ret=\$?; $test_cleanup"
720 # Most tests can use the created repository, but some may need to create more.
721 # Usage: test_create_repo <directory>
722 test_create_repo () {
723 test "$#" = 1 ||
724 error "bug in the test script: not 1 parameter to test-create-repo"
725 repo="$1"
726 mkdir -p "$repo"
728 cd "$repo" || error "Cannot setup test environment"
729 "$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git-init" "--template=$GIT_BUILD_DIR/templates/blt/" >&3 2>&4 ||
730 error "cannot run git init -- have you built things yet?"
731 mv .git/hooks .git/hooks-disabled
732 ) || exit
735 # This function helps on symlink challenged file systems when it is not
736 # important that the file system entry is a symbolic link.
737 # Use test_ln_s_add instead of "ln -s x y && git add y" to add a
738 # symbolic link entry y to the index.
740 test_ln_s_add () {
741 if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
742 then
743 ln -s "$1" "$2" &&
744 git update-index --add "$2"
745 else
746 printf '%s' "$1" >"$2" &&
747 ln_s_obj=$(git hash-object -w "$2") &&
748 git update-index --add --cacheinfo 120000 $ln_s_obj "$2" &&
749 # pick up stat info from the file
750 git update-index "$2"
754 # This function writes out its parameters, one per line
755 test_write_lines () {
756 printf "%s\n" "$@"
759 perl () {
760 command "$PERL_PATH" "$@"
763 # Is the value one of the various ways to spell a boolean true/false?
764 test_normalize_bool () {
765 git -c magic.variable="$1" config --bool magic.variable 2>/dev/null
768 # Given a variable $1, normalize the value of it to one of "true",
769 # "false", or "auto" and store the result to it.
771 # test_tristate GIT_TEST_HTTPD
773 # A variable set to an empty string is set to 'false'.
774 # A variable set to 'false' or 'auto' keeps its value.
775 # Anything else is set to 'true'.
776 # An unset variable defaults to 'auto'.
778 # The last rule is to allow people to set the variable to an empty
779 # string and export it to decline testing the particular feature
780 # for versions both before and after this change. We used to treat
781 # both unset and empty variable as a signal for "do not test" and
782 # took any non-empty string as "please test".
784 test_tristate () {
785 if eval "test x\"\${$1+isset}\" = xisset"
786 then
787 # explicitly set
788 eval "
789 case \"\$$1\" in
790 '') $1=false ;;
791 auto) ;;
792 *) $1=\$(test_normalize_bool \$$1 || echo true) ;;
793 esac
795 else
796 eval "$1=auto"
800 # Exit the test suite, either by skipping all remaining tests or by
801 # exiting with an error. If "$1" is "auto", we then we assume we were
802 # opportunistically trying to set up some tests and we skip. If it is
803 # "true", then we report a failure.
805 # The error/skip message should be given by $2.
807 test_skip_or_die () {
808 case "$1" in
809 auto)
810 skip_all=$2
811 test_done
813 true)
814 error "$2"
817 error "BUG: test tristate is '$1' (real error: $2)"
818 esac
821 # The following mingw_* functions obey POSIX shell syntax, but are actually
822 # bash scripts, and are meant to be used only with bash on Windows.
824 # A test_cmp function that treats LF and CRLF equal and avoids to fork
825 # diff when possible.
826 mingw_test_cmp () {
827 # Read text into shell variables and compare them. If the results
828 # are different, use regular diff to report the difference.
829 local test_cmp_a= test_cmp_b=
831 # When text came from stdin (one argument is '-') we must feed it
832 # to diff.
833 local stdin_for_diff=
835 # Since it is difficult to detect the difference between an
836 # empty input file and a failure to read the files, we go straight
837 # to diff if one of the inputs is empty.
838 if test -s "$1" && test -s "$2"
839 then
840 # regular case: both files non-empty
841 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ test_cmp_a <"$1"
842 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ test_cmp_b <"$2"
843 elif test -s "$1" && test "$2" = -
844 then
845 # read 2nd file from stdin
846 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ test_cmp_a <"$1"
847 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ test_cmp_b
848 stdin_for_diff='<<<"$test_cmp_b"'
849 elif test "$1" = - && test -s "$2"
850 then
851 # read 1st file from stdin
852 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ test_cmp_a
853 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ test_cmp_b <"$2"
854 stdin_for_diff='<<<"$test_cmp_a"'
856 test -n "$test_cmp_a" &&
857 test -n "$test_cmp_b" &&
858 test "$test_cmp_a" = "$test_cmp_b" ||
859 eval "diff -u \"\$@\" $stdin_for_diff"
862 # $1 is the name of the shell variable to fill in
863 mingw_read_file_strip_cr_ () {
864 # Read line-wise using LF as the line separator
865 # and use IFS to strip CR.
866 local line
867 while :
869 if IFS=$'\r' read -r -d $'\n' line
870 then
871 # good
872 line=$line$'\n'
873 else
874 # we get here at EOF, but also if the last line
875 # was not terminated by LF; in the latter case,
876 # some text was read
877 if test -z "$line"
878 then
879 # EOF, really
880 break
883 eval "$1=\$$1\$line"
884 done