#!/bin/bash [ -f testing.sh ] && . testing.sh #testing "name" "command" "result" "infile" "stdin" testing "xargs" "xargs && echo yes" "hello\nyes\n" "" "hello" testing "spaces" "xargs" \ "one two three four\n" "" "one two\tthree \nfour\n\n" testing "-n 0" "xargs -n 0 2>/dev/null || echo ok" "ok\n" \ "" "one \ntwo\n three" testing "-n 2" "xargs -n 2" "one two\nthree\n" "" "one \ntwo\n three" testing "-n exact match" "xargs -n 3" "one two three\n" "" "one two three" testing "xargs2" "xargs -n2" "one two\nthree four\nfive\n" "" \ "one two three four five" testing "-s too long" "xargs -s 9 echo 2>/dev/null || echo ok" \ "one\ntwo\nok\n" "" "one two three" testing "-s 13" "xargs -s 13 echo" "one two\nthree\n" "" "one \ntwo\n three" testing "-s 12" "xargs -s 12 echo" "one\ntwo\nthree\n" "" "one \ntwo\n three" touch one two three testing "command -opt" "xargs -n2 ls -1" "one\ntwo\nthree\n" "" \ "one two three" rm one two three testing "-0 -n1" "printf 'a\0b\0c\0d\0e\0f' | xargs -0 -n1 echo _" "_ a\n_ b\n_ c\n_ d\n_ e\n_ f\n" "" "" testing "-0 -n2" "printf 'a\0b\0c\0d\0e\0f' | xargs -0 -n2 echo _" "_ a b\n_ c d\n_ e f\n" "" "" testing "-t" "xargs -t 2>stderr ; cat stderr ; rm stderr" "one two\necho one two \n" "" "one\ntwo\n" testing "-E END" "xargs -E END" "a b\n" "" "a\nb\nEND\nc\nd\n" testing "-r" "xargs -r echo x" "" "" "" # TODO: what exactly is -x supposed to do? why does coreutils output "one"? #testing "-x" "xargs -x -s 9 || echo expected" "one\nexpected\n" "" "one\ntwo\nthree" # TODO: test for -L? what exactly is the difference between -n and -L? #testing "-n exact match" #testing "-s exact match" #testing "-s 0" #testing "-s impossible" # xargs command_not_found - returns 127 # xargs false - returns 1