1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/t/t6000lib.sh b/t/t6000lib.sh
index b69f7c4d11..c0baaa5360 100755
--- a/t/t6000lib.sh
+++ b/t/t6000lib.sh
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ check_output()
 # from front and back.
 name_from_description()
 {
-        tr "'" '-' |
-		tr '~`!@#$%^&*()_+={}[]|\;:"<>,/? ' \
-		   '------------------------------' |
-		tr -s '-' | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | sed "s/^-*//;s/-*\$//"
+	perl -pe '
+		s/[^A-Za-z0-9.]/-/g;
+		s/-+/-/g;
+		s/-$//;
+		s/^-//;
+		y/A-Z/a-z/;
+	'
 }