shelltestrunner ☆

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Description:
Portable command-line tool for testing command-line programs

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: testing cli developer-tools automation shell

Install: brew install shelltestrunner

About:
Shelltestrunner is a portable command-line tool designed for testing other command-line programs. It reads test cases from a plain text file, executes the specified commands, and compares the actual output and exit status against expected results. This provides a simple, human-readable way to write and automate functional tests for CLI applications and shell scripts.

Key Features:

Simple, human-readable test case format
Cross-platform and language-agnostic
Automated comparison of output, error, and exit codes
Supports test timeouts and test case grouping

Use Cases:

Regression testing for command-line utilities
Validating shell script behavior in CI/CD pipelines
Documenting expected program behavior with executable examples

Alternatives:

bats – Bats (Bash Automated Testing System) is tightly integrated with Bash, while shelltestrunner is language-agnostic and uses a more human-readable test format.
expect – Expect is a Tcl-based tool for automating interactive applications, whereas shelltestrunner is focused on non-interactive CLI testing and result verification.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 10:18am		0	VERSION_BUMP	74b4e2e2
Sep 14, 2024 6:52pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	82e36bfd