#!/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 1" "xargs -n 1" "one\n" "" "one\n" 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 \$?" \ "one\ntwo\n1\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" # Check that we're accounting for the command *and* its arguments correctly. testing "-s counts args" "xargs -s 13 echo ' ' ' '" " one\n" "" "one\n" # 5 is the minimum allowed for the default "echo". testing "-s 4 fails" "xargs -s 4 2>/dev/null || echo bad" "bad\n" "" "" testing "-s 5 no input okay" "xargs -s 5" "\n" "" "" testing "-s 5 with input bad" "xargs -s 5 2>/dev/null || echo bad" "bad\n" \ "" "a\n" 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" "" "" "" testing "no -r" "xargs echo x" "x\n" "" "" # Exit value madness. 0 and 126/127 are normal. testing "true" "xargs true; echo \$?" "0\n" "" "" testing "command not found" "xargs does-not-exist 2>/dev/null; echo \$?" \ "127\n" "" "" # But 1-125 are flattened to 123. testing "false" "xargs false; echo \$?" "123\n" "" "" # 255 is special "abort early" magic. testing "exit 255" "xargs sh -c 'exit 255' 2>&1; echo \$?" \ "xargs: sh: exited with status 255; aborting\n124\n" "" "" # 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 impossible"