BF: allow for int type string in ls on BE begin with <i

Author: yarikoptic

nibabel/tests/test_scripts.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import
 
+import sys
 import os
 from os.path import (dirname, join as pjoin, abspath, splitext, basename,
                      exists)
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ def test_nib_ls_multiple():
 
     # they should be indented correctly.  Since all files are int type -
     ln = max(len(f) for f in fnames)
-    assert_equal([l[ln:ln+2] for l in stdout_lines], [' i']*4,
+    little_endian = sys.byteorder == 'little'
+    assert_equal([l[ln:ln+2+int(not little_endian)] for l in stdout_lines],
+                 [' i']*4 if little_endian else [' <i']*4,
                  msg="Type sub-string didn't start with 'i'. "
                      "Full output was: %s" % stdout_lines)
     # and if disregard type indicator which might vary