Re: [PATCH 2/2] iotests: Test snapshot -l field separation

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 1/17/20 4:58 AM, Max Reitz wrote:
> Add a test that all fields in "qemu-img snapshot -l"s output are
> separated by spaces.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
> ---
>   tests/qemu-iotests/284     | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   tests/qemu-iotests/284.out |  8 ++++
>   tests/qemu-iotests/group   |  1 +
>   3 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100755 tests/qemu-iotests/284
>   create mode 100644 tests/qemu-iotests/284.out
> 

> +# Check that all fields are separated by spaces.
> +# We first collapse all space sequences into one space each;
> +# then we turn every space-separated field into a '.';
> +# and finally, we name the '.'s so the output is not just a confusing
> +# sequence of dots.
> +
> +echo 'Output structure:'
> +$QEMU_IMG snapshot -l "$TEST_IMG" | tail -n 1 | tr -s ' ' \
> +    | sed -e 's/\S\+/./g' \
> +    | sed -e 's/\./(snapshot ID)/' \
> +          -e 's/\./(snapshot name)/' \
> +          -e 's/\./(VM state size value)/' \
> +          -e 's/\./(VM state size unit)/' \
> +          -e 's/\./(snapshot date)/' \
> +          -e 's/\./(snapshot time)/' \
> +          -e 's/\./(VM clock)/'

Cute conversion.  If you had picked some other character (like 
s/\S\+/=/g), you wouldn't have to use \. everywhere in the second sed, 
for less typing, but that's aesthetic, so no need to change if you don't 
want.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

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