4 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/regress/agent.sh b/regress/agent.sh
index 7e9b4cb18..b34487767 100644
--- a/regress/agent.sh
+++ b/regress/agent.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else
                 fail "ssh-add -l did not fail with exit code 1"
         fi
         trace "overwrite authorized keys"
-        echo -n > $OBJ/authorized_keys_$USER
+        echon > $OBJ/authorized_keys_$USER
         for t in rsa rsa1; do
                 # generate user key for agent
                 rm -f $OBJ/$t-agent
diff --git a/regress/proto-version.sh b/regress/proto-version.sh
index 7dc616f5f..1651a69e1 100644
--- a/regress/proto-version.sh
+++ b/regress/proto-version.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ check_version ()
 {
         version=$1
         expect=$2
-        banner=`echo -n | ${SSHD} -o "Protocol=${version}" -i -f ${OBJ}/sshd_proxy`
+        banner=`echon | ${SSHD} -o "Protocol=${version}" -i -f ${OBJ}/sshd_proxy`
         case ${banner} in
         SSH-1.99-*)
                 proto=199
diff --git a/regress/ssh-com.sh b/regress/ssh-com.sh
index c915cc39c..78ae6e9e1 100644
--- a/regress/ssh-com.sh
+++ b/regress/ssh-com.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ done
 
 # convert and append DSA hostkey
 (
-        echo -n 'ssh2-localhost-with-alias,127.0.0.1,::1 '
+        echon 'ssh2-localhost-with-alias,127.0.0.1,::1 '
         ${SSHKEYGEN} -if ${SRC}/dsa_ssh2.pub
 ) >> $OBJ/known_hosts
 
diff --git a/regress/test-exec.sh b/regress/test-exec.sh
index a7a8ddbe6..35f555b27 100644
--- a/regress/test-exec.sh
+++ b/regress/test-exec.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ export SSH SSHD SSHAGENT SSHADD SSHKEYGEN SSHKEYSCAN SFTP SFTPSERVER
 #echo $SSH $SSHD $SSHAGENT $SSHADD $SSHKEYGEN $SSHKEYSCAN $SFTP $SFTPSERVER
 
 # helper
+echon()
+{
+       if [ "x`echo -n`" = "x" ]; then
+               echo -n "$@"
+       elif [ "x`echo '\c'`" = "x" ]; then
+               echo "$@\c"
+       else
+               fatal "Don't know how to echo without newline."
+       fi
+}
+
 cleanup ()
 {
         if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
@@ -111,7 +122,7 @@ fail ()
 
 fatal ()
 {
-        echo -n "FATAL: "
+        echon "FATAL: "
         fail "$@"
         cleanup
         exit $RESULT
@@ -169,7 +180,7 @@ for t in rsa rsa1; do
 
         # known hosts file for client
         (
-                echo -n 'localhost-with-alias,127.0.0.1,::1 '
+                echon 'localhost-with-alias,127.0.0.1,::1 '
                 cat $OBJ/$t.pub
         ) >> $OBJ/known_hosts