since I couldn't see the purpose at just a glance
+ # Test that i_test_format_probe() doesn't pollute stdout
+
# Initally I tried to write this test using open to redirect files,
# but there was a buffering problem that made it so the data wasn't
# being written to the output file. This external perl call avoids
# Initally I tried to write this test using open to redirect files,
# but there was a buffering problem that made it so the data wasn't
# being written to the output file. This external perl call avoids