--- a/tests/test-export	Sat Nov 08 00:29:04 2008 +0100
+++ b/tests/test-export	Sun Nov 09 12:15:32 2008 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 
 echo "# exporting 4 changesets to a file"
 hg export -o export_internal 1 2 3 4
-grep HG export_internal | wc -l
+grep HG export_internal | wc -l | sed -e 's/^ *//'
 echo "# exporting 4 changesets to a file"
-hg export 1 2 3 4 | grep HG | wc -l
+hg export 1 2 3 4 | grep HG | wc -l | sed -e 's/^ *//'