diff --git a/tests/greeting-1 b/tests/greeting-1
line changes: +5/-2
index 355b8f2..275f1b1
--- a/tests/greeting-1
+++ b/tests/greeting-1

@@ -13,14 +13,17 @@ trap 'rm -fr $tmpfiles' 1 2 3 15
 # nothing in the output should be locale-dependent.
 
 tmpfiles="greeting-test1.ok"
-cat <<EOF > greeting-test1.ok
+cat <<EOF >greeting-test1.ok
 Nothing happens here.
 EOF
 
 tmpfiles="$tmpfiles greeting-test1.out"
 : ${HELLO=hello}
-${HELLO} -g 'Nothing happens here.' > greeting-test1.out
+${HELLO} -g 'Nothing happens here.' >greeting-test1.out
 
+# remove \r (CR) characters from the output, so that the tests work on
+# platforms with CRLF line endings.
+# 
 : ${DIFF=diff}
 ${DIFF} greeting-test1.ok greeting-test1.out
 result=$?