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bash-assert
testify is a lightweight unit testing framework for bash
Usage
clone this repository git clone https://github.com/zombieleet/testify.git here.
run the mac-address-set-test.sh file and check the console output.
Commands
all subcommands to the assert functions requres 4 arguments, the first argument is the actual value to test for, while the second argument is the expected value, the thrid argument is a description of the test , while the fourth argument is a short description of what the test output should be
expect Compares two values
`assert expect "$(Name 'Jane' 'Doe')" "John Doe" "Test for Name Function" "should fail"`
To test the output of a function you have to use command substitution
You can also test single values
`assert expect "victory" "favour" "Test for Name comparison" "This should fail"`
testing for mathematical expressions
`assert expect "$((2+2))" "4" "Test for Simple Math Operation" "It should succeed"`
regex Does a regular expression match. The second argument to this subcommand should be a regular expression
`assert regex "What is the difference between 6 and half a dozen" "[[:digit:]]" "Match Number Regular Expression" "It should succeed"`
status Test for any status code. The second argument should be the expected status code. The first argument to this subcommand should be a command name, and it should not be passed as a command substitution but it should be passed as just a string wrapped in double quotes. The arguments to the function should also be in the double quotes. Arguments with spaced should be wrapped in single quotes
`assert status "ls ." "0" "List in current dir" "it should return 0"`
done This should be last subcommand to call, it does not require any argument
LICENSE
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.