ns1="ns1-$rndh"
 ns2="ns2-$rndh"
 ret=0
+_printf() {
+       stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "${@}"
+}
 
 print_title()
 {
-       stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "INFO: %s\n" "${1}"
+       _printf "INFO: %s\n" "${1}"
 }
 
 # $1: test name
 print_test()
 {
-       stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "%-63s" "${1}"
+       _printf "%-63s" "${1}"
 }
 
 print_results()
 {
-       stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "[%s]\n" "${1}"
+       _printf "[%s]\n" "${1}"
 }
 
 test_pass()
        ret=1
 
        if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
-               stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "\t%s\n" "${1}"
+               _printf "\t%s\n" "${1}"
        fi
 }
 
 
        rm -rf $file $client_evts $server_evts
 
-       stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "Done\n"
+       _printf "Done\n"
 }
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
                test_fail
        fi
 
-       stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "\tExpected value for '%s': '%s', got '%s'.\n" \
+       _printf "\tExpected value for '%s': '%s', got '%s'.\n" \
                "${var}" "${!exp}" "${!var}"
        return 1
 }