bats Command Examples

Bash Automated Testing System: a TAP (https://testanything.org/) compliant testing framework for Bash. More information: https://bats-core.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html.

• Run a BATS test script and output results in the [t]AP (Test Anything Protocol) format:

bats --tap {{path/to/test.bats}}

• [c]ount test cases of a test script without running any tests:

bats --count {{path/to/test.bats}}

• Run BATS test cases [r]ecursively (files with a .bats extension):

bats --recursive {{path/to/directory}}

• Output results in a specific [F]ormat:

bats --formatter {{pretty|tap|tap13|junit}} {{path/to/test.bats}}

• Add [T]iming information to tests:

bats --timing {{path/to/test.bats}}

• Run specific number of [j]obs in parallel (requires GNU parallel to be installed):

bats --jobs {{number}} {{path/to/test.bats}}