Similar to https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/commit/?id=53d431588db350d31051a3f057f74a4995523986
--- a/tests/outperms.sh
+++ b/tests/outperms.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ unifdef -DFOO=1 -DFOOB=42 -UBAR -ooutfile.c if1.c
 e=$?
 case ${BUILD_MINGW} in
 (yes)	printf '%s\n' '-rw-r-----' 1>&2 ;;
-(*)	ls -l outfile.c | cut -d' ' -f1 1>&2 ;;
+(*)	ls -l outfile.c | cut -b 1-10 1>&2 ;;
 esac
 cat outfile.c
 rm outfile.c
--- a/tests/overperms.sh
+++ b/tests/overperms.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cp if1.c outfile.c
 chmod 640 outfile.c
-ls -l outfile.c | cut -d' ' -f1 1>&2
+ls -l outfile.c | cut -b 1-10 1>&2
 unifdef -DFOO=1 -DFOOB=42 -UBAR -m outfile.c
 e=$?
 case ${BUILD_MINGW} in
 (yes)	printf '%s\n' '-rw-r-----' 1>&2 ;;
-(*)	ls -l outfile.c | cut -d' ' -f1 1>&2 ;;
+(*)	ls -l outfile.c | cut -b 1-10 1>&2 ;;
 esac
 cat outfile.c
 rm outfile.c