24 files changed, 50 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/tests/rm/cycle b/tests/rm/cycle
index 48e77c23e..5f1fb3a01 100755
--- a/tests/rm/cycle
+++ b/tests/rm/cycle
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ chmod u-w a/b
 
 rm -rf a a 2>&1 | sed 's/:[^:]*$//' > out || fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove `a/b/file'
-rm: cannot remove `a/b/file'
+rm: cannot remove 'a/b/file'
+rm: cannot remove 'a/b/file'
 EOF
 
 compare exp out || fail=1
diff --git a/tests/rm/deep-1 b/tests/rm/deep-1
index fbda20b35..c3632dd62 100755
--- a/tests/rm/deep-1
+++ b/tests/rm/deep-1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ k200=$k20$k20$k20$k20$k20$k20$k20$k20$k20$k20
 
 # Be careful not to exceed max file name length (usu 512?).
 # Doing so wouldn't affect GNU mkdir or GNU rm, but any tool that
-# operates on the full pathname (like `test') would choke.
+# operates on the full pathname (like 'test') would choke.
 k_deep=$k200$k200
 
 t=t
diff --git a/tests/rm/dir-no-w b/tests/rm/dir-no-w
index 74dfa0c13..0342956ba 100755
--- a/tests/rm/dir-no-w
+++ b/tests/rm/dir-no-w
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ mkdir --mode=0500 unwritable-dir || framework_failure_
 # For rm from coreutils-5.0.1, this would prompt.
 rm ---presume-input-tty unwritable-dir < /dev/null > out-t 2>&1 && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp || fail=1
-rm: cannot remove `unwritable-dir': Is a directory
+rm: cannot remove 'unwritable-dir': Is a directory
 EOF
 
 # When run by a non-privileged user we get this:
-# rm: cannot remove directory `unwritable-dir': Is a directory
+# rm: cannot remove directory 'unwritable-dir': Is a directory
 # When run by root we get this:
-# rm: cannot remove `unwritable-dir': Is a directory
+# rm: cannot remove 'unwritable-dir': Is a directory
 # Normalize the message.
 sed 's/remove directory/remove/' out-t > out
 rm -f out-t
diff --git a/tests/rm/dir-nonrecur b/tests/rm/dir-nonrecur
index edd5d372a..8876e9458 100755
--- a/tests/rm/dir-nonrecur
+++ b/tests/rm/dir-nonrecur
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Ensure that `rm dir' (i.e., without --recursive) gives a reasonable
+# Ensure that 'rm dir' (i.e., without --recursive) gives a reasonable
 # diagnostic when failing.
 
 # Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkdir d || framework_failure_
 
 rm d 2> out && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp || fail=1
-rm: cannot remove `d': Is a directory
+rm: cannot remove 'd': Is a directory
 EOF
 
 # Before coreutils-5.93 this test would fail on Solaris 9 and newer.
diff --git a/tests/rm/empty-name b/tests/rm/empty-name
index 58fb8505d..192a60b4b 100755
--- a/tests/rm/empty-name
+++ b/tests/rm/empty-name
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # On SunOS 4.1.3, running rm -r '' in a nonempty directory may
 # actually remove files with names of entries in the current directory
-# but relative to `/' rather than relative to the current directory.
+# but relative to '/' rather than relative to the current directory.
 
 use strict;
 
diff --git a/tests/rm/fail-2eperm b/tests/rm/fail-2eperm
index 511464e2b..56c27c438 100755
--- a/tests/rm/fail-2eperm
+++ b/tests/rm/fail-2eperm
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ case $rm_version in
 esac
 setuidgid $NON_ROOT_USERNAME env PATH="$PATH" rm -rf a 2> out-t && fail=1
 
-# On some systems, we get `Not owner'.  Convert it.
-# On other systems (HPUX), we get `Permission denied'.  Convert it, too.
+# On some systems, we get 'Not owner'.  Convert it.
+# On other systems (HPUX), we get 'Permission denied'.  Convert it, too.
 onp='Operation not permitted'
 sed "s/Not owner/$onp/;s/Permission denied/$onp/" out-t > out
 
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove `a/b': Operation not permitted
+rm: cannot remove 'a/b': Operation not permitted
 EOF
 
 compare exp out || fail=1
diff --git a/tests/rm/fail-eacces b/tests/rm/fail-eacces
index 1a2d06bb7..947dfac36 100755
--- a/tests/rm/fail-eacces
+++ b/tests/rm/fail-eacces
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ test $ok = 1 || framework_failure_
 
 rm -rf d/f 2> out && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove `d/f': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'd/f': Permission denied
 EOF
 compare exp out || fail=1
 
 # This used to fail with ELOOP.
 rm -rf e 2> out && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove `e/slink': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'e/slink': Permission denied
 EOF
 compare exp out || fail=1
 
diff --git a/tests/rm/i-no-r b/tests/rm/i-no-r
index d7d3c0186..8a3e76958 100755
--- a/tests/rm/i-no-r
+++ b/tests/rm/i-no-r
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Since the rewrite for fileutils-4.1.9, `rm -i DIR' would mistakenly
+# Since the rewrite for fileutils-4.1.9, 'rm -i DIR' would mistakenly
 # recurse into directory DIR.  rm -i (without -r) must fail in that case.
 # Fixed in coreutils-4.5.2.
 
diff --git a/tests/rm/inaccessible b/tests/rm/inaccessible
index 2bcdc11d9..517a384f9 100755
--- a/tests/rm/inaccessible
+++ b/tests/rm/inaccessible
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test -d "$p/abs1" && fail=1
 test -d "$p/abs2" && fail=1
 
 cat <<\EOF > exp || fail=1
-rm: cannot remove `rel': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'rel': Permission denied
 EOF
 
 # AIX 4.3.3 fails with a different diagnostic.
diff --git a/tests/rm/interactive-always b/tests/rm/interactive-always
index 99aedbbf7..41c8f4131 100755
--- a/tests/rm/interactive-always
+++ b/tests/rm/interactive-always
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ cat <<\EOF > expout || fail=1
 EOF
 sed 's/@remove_empty/rm: remove regular empty file/g' <<\EOF > experr || fail=1
 no WHEN
-@remove_empty `file1-1'? @remove_empty `file1-2'? .
+@remove_empty 'file1-1'? @remove_empty 'file1-2'? .
 WHEN=never
 .
 WHEN=once
 rm: remove all arguments recursively? .
 WHEN=always
-@remove_empty `file4-1'? @remove_empty `file4-2'? .
+@remove_empty 'file4-1'? @remove_empty 'file4-2'? .
 -f overrides --interactive
 .
 --interactive overrides -f
diff --git a/tests/rm/isatty b/tests/rm/isatty
index 3b7d1b39d..b1e558b66 100755
--- a/tests/rm/isatty
+++ b/tests/rm/isatty
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Make sure `chown 0 f; rm f' prompts before removing f.
+# Make sure 'chown 0 f; rm f' prompts before removing f.
 
 # Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ test -f f || fail=1
 
 kill $pid > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-# Note the trailing `x' -- so I don't have to have a trailing
+# Note the trailing 'x' -- so I don't have to have a trailing
 # blank in this file :-)
 cat > exp <<\EOF
-rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `f'? x
+rm: remove write-protected regular empty file 'f'? x
 EOF
 #`
 
-# Append an `x' and a newline.
+# Append an 'x' and a newline.
 echo x >> out
 
 compare exp out || fail=1
diff --git a/tests/rm/no-give-up b/tests/rm/no-give-up
index d0ff23748..690c5b617 100755
--- a/tests/rm/no-give-up
+++ b/tests/rm/no-give-up
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# With rm from coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier, `rm -r' would mistakenly
+# With rm from coreutils-5.2.1 and earlier, 'rm -r' would mistakenly
 # give up too early under some conditions.
 
 # Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
diff --git a/tests/rm/one-file-system b/tests/rm/one-file-system
index e9a5cf0c6..675c3fd0a 100755
--- a/tests/rm/one-file-system
+++ b/tests/rm/one-file-system
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mount --bind $t a/b \
   || skip_ "This test requires mount with a working --bind option."
 
 cat <<\EOF > exp || framework_failure_
-rm: skipping `a/b', since it's on a different device
+rm: skipping 'a/b', since it's on a different device
 EOF
 
 
diff --git a/tests/rm/r-1 b/tests/rm/r-1
index 7d26280b6..97d0959c1 100755
--- a/tests/rm/r-1
+++ b/tests/rm/r-1
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ mkdir a a/a || framework_failure_
 > b || framework_failure_
 
 cat <<\EOF > $test.E || framework_failure_
-removed directory: `a/a'
-removed directory: `a'
-removed `b'
+removed directory: 'a/a'
+removed directory: 'a'
+removed 'b'
 EOF
 
 rm --verbose -r a b > $test.O || fail=1
diff --git a/tests/rm/r-2 b/tests/rm/r-2
index 55c4807a0..0a588316b 100755
--- a/tests/rm/r-2
+++ b/tests/rm/r-2
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ mkdir t t/a t/a/b || framework_failure_
 
 # FIXME: if this fails, it's a framework failure
 cat <<\EOF | sort > t/E || framework_failure_
-removed directory: `t/a'
-removed directory: `t/a/b'
-removed `t/a/b/g'
-removed `t/a/f'
+removed directory: 't/a'
+removed directory: 't/a/b'
+removed 't/a/b/g'
+removed 't/a/f'
 EOF
 
 # Note that both the expected output (above) and the actual output lines
diff --git a/tests/rm/readdir-bug b/tests/rm/readdir-bug
index 591e91306..3835049ee 100755
--- a/tests/rm/readdir-bug
+++ b/tests/rm/readdir-bug
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cd .. || framework_failure_
 
 
 # On a buggy system, this would fail with the diagnostic,
-# "cannot remove directory `b': Directory not empty"
+# "cannot remove directory 'b': Directory not empty"
 rm -rf b  || fail=1
 
 test -d b && fail=1
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm1 b/tests/rm/rm1
index cde576adf..672f0f0a0 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm1
+++ b/tests/rm/rm1
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ chmod u-w b/a || framework_failure_
 # This should fail.
 rm -rf b > out 2>&1 && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove directory `b/a/p': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove directory 'b/a/p': Permission denied
 EOF
 
 # On some systems, rm doesn't have enough information to
 # say it's a directory.
 cat <<\EOF > exp2
-rm: cannot remove `b/a/p': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'b/a/p': Permission denied
 EOF
 
 cmp out exp > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm2 b/tests/rm/rm2
index b1477a3d4..7bbdfeaba 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm2
+++ b/tests/rm/rm2
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ chmod u-x a/1 b || framework_failure_
 # Both of these should fail.
 rm -rf a b > out 2>&1 && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove `a/1': Permission denied
-rm: cannot remove `b': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'a/1': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'b': Permission denied
 EOF
 
 cat <<\EOF > exp-solaris
-rm: cannot remove `a/1/2': Permission denied
-rm: cannot remove `b/3': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'a/1/2': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'b/3': Permission denied
 EOF
 
 cmp out exp > /dev/null 2>&1 \
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm3 b/tests/rm/rm3
index 17118d1fe..bf43f5e2d 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm3
+++ b/tests/rm/rm3
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ EOF
 # Both of these should fail.
 rm -ir z < in > out 2>&1 || fail=1
 
-# Given input like `rm: ...? rm: ...? ' (no trailing newline),
-# the `head...' part of the pipeline below removes the trailing space, so
+# Given input like 'rm: ...? rm: ...? ' (no trailing newline),
+# the 'head...' part of the pipeline below removes the trailing space, so
 # that sed doesn't have to deal with a line lacking a terminating newline.
 # This avoids a bug whereby some vendor-provided (Tru64) versions of sed
 # would mistakenly tack a newline onto the end of the output.
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm4 b/tests/rm/rm4
index 09c3b8305..63d8029d0 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm4
+++ b/tests/rm/rm4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# ensure that `rm dir' fails without --recursive
+# ensure that 'rm dir' fails without --recursive
 
 # Copyright (C) 2002, 2004, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
diff --git a/tests/rm/rm5 b/tests/rm/rm5
index 947533433..2201ec469 100755
--- a/tests/rm/rm5
+++ b/tests/rm/rm5
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ y
 EOF
 
 cat <<\EOF > exp || framework_failure_
-rm: descend into directory `d'
-rm: remove directory `d/e'
-rm: remove directory `d'
+rm: descend into directory 'd'
+rm: remove directory 'd/e'
+rm: remove directory 'd'
 EOF
 
 
 rm -ir d < in > out 2>&1 || fail=1
 
-# Given input like `rm: ...? rm: ...? ' (no trailing newline),
-# the `head...' part of the pipeline below removes the trailing space, so
+# Given input like 'rm: ...? rm: ...? ' (no trailing newline),
+# the 'head...' part of the pipeline below removes the trailing space, so
 # that sed doesn't have to deal with a line lacking a terminating newline.
 # This avoids a bug whereby some vendor-provided (Tru64) versions of sed
 # would mistakenly tack a newline onto the end of the output.
diff --git a/tests/rm/sunos-1 b/tests/rm/sunos-1
index a6bf9ab97..8f1e74605 100755
--- a/tests/rm/sunos-1
+++ b/tests/rm/sunos-1
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # On SunOS 4.1.3, running rm -r '' in a nonempty directory may
 # actually remove files with names of entries in the current directory
-# but relative to `/' rather than relative to the current directory.
+# but relative to '/' rather than relative to the current directory.
 
 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src
 print_ver_ rm
diff --git a/tests/rm/unread2 b/tests/rm/unread2
index 9b352d460..46fc98cd8 100755
--- a/tests/rm/unread2
+++ b/tests/rm/unread2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ chmod u-r a
 # This should fail.
 rm -rf a > out 2>&1 && fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp
-rm: cannot remove `a': Permission denied
+rm: cannot remove 'a': Permission denied
 EOF
 
 compare exp out || fail=1
diff --git a/tests/rm/v-slash b/tests/rm/v-slash
index 113a19ae3..2fae859b2 100755
--- a/tests/rm/v-slash
+++ b/tests/rm/v-slash
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ touch a/x || framework_failure_
 
 rm --verbose -r a/// > out || fail=1
 cat <<\EOF > exp || fail=1
-removed `a/x'
-removed directory: `a'
+removed 'a/x'
+removed directory: 'a'
 EOF
 
 compare exp out || fail=1