Fix pipe_to unit test on Mac and Windows

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/test_cmd2.py b/tests/test_cmd2.py
index efc82294..5417b4ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd2.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd2.py
@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ def test_pipe_to_shell(base_app):
         # Get help menu and pipe it's output to the sort shell command
         out = run_cmd(base_app, 'help | sort')
         expected = normalize("""
+
+
 _relative_load  edit  history  pause  pyscript  run   set    shortcuts
 ========================================
 cmdenvironment  help  load     py     quit      save  shell  show
@@ -416,7 +418,12 @@ Documented commands (type help <topic>):""")
         # Mac and Linux
         # Get help on help and pipe it's output to the input of the word count shell command
         out = run_cmd(base_app, 'help help | wc')
-        expected = normalize("1 11 70")
+
+        # Mac and Linux wc behave the same when piped from shell, but differently when piped stdin from file directly
+        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            expected = normalize("1      11      70")
+        else:
+            expected = normalize("1 11 70")
         assert out[0].strip() == expected[0].strip()