diff --git a/tests/test-strict b/tests/test-strict
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index 5b57abde8d..0000000000
--- a/tests/test-strict
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-hg init
-
-echo a > a
-hg ci -Ama
-
-hg an a
-
-echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH
-echo "strict=True" >> $HGRCPATH
-
-hg an a
-hg annotate a
-
-echo % should succeed - up is an alias, not an abbreviation
-
-hg up
diff --git a/tests/test-strict.out b/tests/test-strict.out
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index b71ea14d82..0000000000
--- a/tests/test-strict.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-adding a
-0: a
-hg: unknown command 'an'
-Mercurial Distributed SCM
-
-basic commands:
-
- add        add the specified files on the next commit
- annotate   show changeset information by line for each file
- clone      make a copy of an existing repository
- commit     commit the specified files or all outstanding changes
- diff       diff repository (or selected files)
- export     dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets
- forget     forget the specified files on the next commit
- init       create a new repository in the given directory
- log        show revision history of entire repository or files
- merge      merge working directory with another revision
- pull       pull changes from the specified source
- push       push changes to the specified destination
- remove     remove the specified files on the next commit
- serve      start stand-alone webserver
- status     show changed files in the working directory
- summary    summarize working directory state
- update     update working directory (or switch revisions)
-
-use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details
-0: a
-% should succeed - up is an alias, not an abbreviation
-0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
diff --git a/tests/test-strict.t b/tests/test-strict.t
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index 0000000000..0afdeff533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-strict.t
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+  $ hg init
+
+  $ echo a > a
+  $ hg ci -Ama
+  adding a
+
+  $ hg an a
+  0: a
+
+  $ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH
+  $ echo "strict=True" >> $HGRCPATH
+
+  $ hg an a
+  hg: unknown command 'an'
+  Mercurial Distributed SCM
+  
+  basic commands:
+  
+   add        add the specified files on the next commit
+   annotate   show changeset information by line for each file
+   clone      make a copy of an existing repository
+   commit     commit the specified files or all outstanding changes
+   diff       diff repository (or selected files)
+   export     dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets
+   forget     forget the specified files on the next commit
+   init       create a new repository in the given directory
+   log        show revision history of entire repository or files
+   merge      merge working directory with another revision
+   pull       pull changes from the specified source
+   push       push changes to the specified destination
+   remove     remove the specified files on the next commit
+   serve      start stand-alone webserver
+   status     show changed files in the working directory
+   summary    summarize working directory state
+   update     update working directory (or switch revisions)
+  
+  use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details
+  $ hg annotate a
+  0: a
+
+should succeed - up is an alias, not an abbreviation
+
+  $ hg up
+  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved