diff --git a/test/unit/pipe-to/cmd b/test/unit/pipe-to/cmd
index 98ef9e4c..25fc188a 100644
--- a/test/unit/pipe-to/cmd
+++ b/test/unit/pipe-to/cmd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<a-|>sed -n "s/foo/bar/; P" > tmpfile<ret><a-!>cat tmpfile<ret>
+<a-|>sed -n "s/foo/bar/; P" > tmpfile<ret><a-!>echo -n $(<lt>tmpfile)<ret>