diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs b/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
index 77581e97981..c0764f0f976 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ fn create_named_pipe_with_writer(path: &str, data: &str) -> std::process::Child
     nix::unistd::mkfifo(path, nix::sys::stat::Mode::S_IRWXU).unwrap();
     std::process::Command::new("sh")
         .arg("-c")
-        .arg(format!("echo -n '{}' > {path}", data))
+        .arg(format!("printf '{}' > {path}", data))
         .spawn()
         .unwrap()
 }