Use backticks, not $().

diff --git a/tests/misc/stat-fmt b/tests/misc/stat-fmt
index 94c7f41..4283ff7 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/misc/stat-fmt
+++ b/tests/misc/stat-fmt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 
 fail=0
 
-for i in $(seq 50); do
+for i in `seq 50`; do
   fmt=`printf "%${i}s" %`
   out=`stat --form="$fmt" .`
   test "$out" = "$fmt" || fail=1