diff --git a/tests/kar/kar.sh b/tests/kar/kar.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+topdir=`dirname $0`/..
+. $topdir/shared.sh
+
+initvariables $0
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+(
+    recollq '"Ночь и тишина, данная на век"'
+    recollq '"Man it’s a hot one"'
+) 2> $mystderr | egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
+
+diff -w ${myname}.txt $mystdout > $mydiffs 2>&1
+
+checkresult
diff --git a/tests/kar/kar.txt b/tests/kar/kar.txt
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+2 results
+audio/x-karaoke	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/kar/3 (cp1251).mid]	[3 (cp1251).mid]	31252	bytes	
+audio/x-karaoke	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/kar/3.mid]	[3.mid]	31252	bytes	
+2 results
+audio/x-karaoke	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/kar/Smooth (cp1252).kar]	[Smooth]	63006	bytes	
+audio/x-karaoke	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/kar/Smooth.kar]	[Smooth]	63006	bytes