diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~assembler_modes/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~assembler_modes/test.sh
index 21947304a..34e899328 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~assembler_modes/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~assembler_modes/test.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ function test_solc_assembly_output
     fi
 }
 
-printTask "Testing assemble, yul, strict-assembly and optimize..."
 echo '{}' | msg_on_error --silent "$SOLC" - --assemble
 echo '{}' | msg_on_error --silent "$SOLC" - --yul
 echo '{}' | msg_on_error --silent "$SOLC" - --strict-assembly
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_export_with_stop_after_parsing/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_export_with_stop_after_parsing/test.sh
index d023d13e0..e6a69d28b 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_export_with_stop_after_parsing/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_export_with_stop_after_parsing/test.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing AST export with stop-after=parsing..."
 "$REPO_ROOT/test/stopAfterParseTests.sh"
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_import_export/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_import_export/test.sh
index 11ef33de8..d85d55b96 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_import_export/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~ast_import_export/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing AST import/export..."
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 cd "$SOLTMPDIR"
 if ! "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/ASTImportTest.sh" ast
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~compilation_tests/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~compilation_tests/test.sh
index 9dc7f9ca8..d411c5ce8 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~compilation_tests/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~compilation_tests/test.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common_cmdline.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common_cmdline.sh"
 
-printTask "Compiling various other contracts and libraries..."
 cd "$REPO_ROOT"/test/compilationTests/
 for dir in */
 do
-    echo " - $dir"
+    echo "    - $dir"
     cd "$dir"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046 # These file names are not supposed to contain spaces.
     compileFull --expect-warnings $(find . -name '*.sol')
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~documentation_examples/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~documentation_examples/test.sh
index 8e5984d19..4d90acaf4 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~documentation_examples/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~documentation_examples/test.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common_cmdline.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common_cmdline.sh"
 
-printTask "Compiling all examples from the documentation..."
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
 set -e
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ do
     then
         continue
     fi
-    echo "$f"
+    echo "    - Compiling example $f"
 
     opts=()
     # We expect errors if explicitly stated, or if imports
@@ -49,4 +48,3 @@ do
     compileFull "${opts[@]}" "$SOLTMPDIR/$f"
 done
 rm -r "$SOLTMPDIR"
-echo "Done."
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~library_checksum/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~library_checksum/test.sh
index c6d52fa45..bb5fbf51d 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~library_checksum/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~library_checksum/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing library checksum..."
 echo '' | msg_on_error --no-stdout "$SOLC" - --link --libraries a=0x90f20564390eAe531E810af625A22f51385Cd222
 echo '' | "$SOLC" - --link --libraries a=0x80f20564390eAe531E810af625A22f51385Cd222 &>/dev/null && \
     fail "solc --link did not reject a library address with an invalid checksum."
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~library_long_names/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~library_long_names/test.sh
index 59f179232..ad3008cdd 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~library_long_names/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~library_long_names/test.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing long library names..."
 echo '' | msg_on_error --no-stdout "$SOLC" - --link --libraries aveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerylonglibraryname=0x90f20564390eAe531E810af625A22f51385Cd222
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~linking/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~linking/test.sh
index aaa0169ef..a87dccdcc 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~linking/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~linking/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing linking itself..."
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 cd "$SOLTMPDIR"
 
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ grep -q '//' C.bin && grep -q '__' C.bin
 grep -q -v '[/_]' L.bin
 
 # Now link
+printf "    "
 msg_on_error "$SOLC" --link --libraries x.sol:L=0x90f20564390eAe531E810af625A22f51385Cd222 C.bin
 
 # Now the placeholder and explanation should be gone.
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~overwriting_files/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~overwriting_files/test.sh
index afede543c..0fba60e06 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~overwriting_files/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~overwriting_files/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing overwriting files..."
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
 # First time it works
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~soljson_via_fuzzer/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~soljson_via_fuzzer/test.sh
index 585a540c5..ae52a8bc3 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~soljson_via_fuzzer/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~soljson_via_fuzzer/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing soljson via the fuzzer..."
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
 set -e
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~standard_input/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~standard_input/test.sh
index dde9dfedb..243e74a71 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~standard_input/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~standard_input/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing standard input..."
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 set +e
 output=$("$SOLC" --bin 2>&1)
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~unknown_options/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~unknown_options/test.sh
index b0f25b2cf..923a36be6 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~unknown_options/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~unknown_options/test.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=scripts/common.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
-printTask "Testing unknown options..."
 set +e
 output=$("$SOLC" --allow=test 2>&1)
 failed=$?
 set -e
 
-if [ "$output" == "unrecognised option '--allow=test'" ] && [ $failed -ne 0 ]
+if [[ $output != "unrecognised option '--allow=test'" ]] || (( failed == 0 ))
 then
-    echo "Passed"
-else
     fail "Incorrect response to unknown options: $output"
 fi
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~update_bugs_by_version/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~update_bugs_by_version/test.sh
index 78fa8a80f..9d07f4c17 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~update_bugs_by_version/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~update_bugs_by_version/test.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/common.sh"
 
 SOLTMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-printTask "Checking that the bug list is up to date..."
 
 cp "${REPO_ROOT}/docs/bugs_by_version.json" "${SOLTMPDIR}/original_bugs_by_version.json"
 "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/update_bugs_by_version.py"
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/~via_ir_equivalence/test.sh b/test/cmdlineTests/~via_ir_equivalence/test.sh
index 65cdf7fe2..24c784bb8 100755
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/~via_ir_equivalence/test.sh
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/~via_ir_equivalence/test.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function test_via_ir_equivalence()
     [[ $optimize_flag == --optimize || $optimize_flag == "" ]] || assertFail "The second argument must be --optimize if present."
 
     local output_file_prefix
-    output_file_prefix=$(basename "$1" .sol)
+    output_file_prefix=$(basename "$solidity_file" .sol)
 
     local optimizer_flags=()
     [[ $optimize_flag == "" ]] || optimizer_flags+=("$optimize_flag")
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ function test_via_ir_equivalence()
     rm -r "$SOLTMPDIR"
 }
 
-printTask "Testing the eqivalence of --via-ir and a two-stage compilation..."
 externalContracts=(
     externalTests/solc-js/DAO/TokenCreation.sol
     libsolidity/semanticTests/externalContracts/_prbmath/PRBMathSD59x18.sol
@@ -87,10 +86,10 @@ for contractFile in "${externalContracts[@]}"
 do
     if ! [[ "${requiresOptimizer[*]}" =~ $contractFile ]]
     then
-        printTask " - ${contractFile}"
+        printTask "    - ${contractFile}"
         test_via_ir_equivalence "${REPO_ROOT}/test/${contractFile}"
     fi
 
-    printTask " - ${contractFile} (optimized)"
+    printTask "    - ${contractFile} (optimized)"
     test_via_ir_equivalence "${REPO_ROOT}/test/${contractFile}" --optimize
 done