Manual tests

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Simple command and global variable

• Simple command with absolute path like /bin/ls
• Single global variable to provide signal information
• Empty, tabs, spaces

Arguments

• Simple command with an absolute path and arguments like /bin/ls -la

echo

• echo command with or without arguments and the -n option

exit

• exit command with or without arguments

Return value of a process

• Simple command with an absolute path like /bin/ls and echo $?
• Value is correct
• Value is correct with wrong commands
• $? + $?

Signals

• Ctrl-C displays a new line with a prompt
• Ctrl-\ does nothing
• Ctrl-D quits
• Ctrl-C in a prompt after writing some stuff displays a new line with a new prompt
• Buffer is clean after pressing enter
• Ctrl-D in a prompt after writing some stuff does nothing
• Ctrl-\ in a prompt after writing some stuff does nothing
• Ctrl-C after running a blocking command like cat or grep "something"
• Ctrl-\ after running a blocking command like cat or grep "something"
• Ctrl-D after running a blocking command like cat or grep "something"

Double quotes

• Simple command with arguments and double quotes (with whitespaces too)
• Command like echo "cat lol.c | cat > lol.c"

Single quotes

• Command with single quotes as arguments
• Empty arguments
• Environment variables, whitespaces, pipes, redirections in single quotes
• echo '$USER' prints "$USER"
• Nothing should be interpreted?

env

• env shows the current environment variables

export

• Export environment variables, create new ones, replace old ones
• Check the result with env

unset

• Export environment variables, create new ones, replace old ones
• Unset to remove some of them
• Check the result with env

cd

• cd to move the working directory and check with /bin/ls
• Check with wrong directories
• Try with . and .. as arguments

pwd

• pwd command
• Check in multiple directories

Relative path

• Commands with relative paths
• Check in multiple (complex) directories

Environment path

• Commands without any path like ls, wc, awk, ect.
• Unset the $PATH and execute commands
• Set the $PATH to a multiple value directory and ensure values are checked left to right (directory1:directory2)

Redirection

• Commands with redirections < and >
• Change > to >>
• Check for random failure
• Test << (it doesn't have to update history)

Pipes

• Commands like cat file | grep bla | more
• Check with wrong arguments
• Mix pipes and redirections

Go Crazy and history

• Type something and Ctrl-C and then press Enter, buffer should be clean
• Navigate up and down, retry a command
• Wrong commands don't crash and prints error
• cat | cat | ls
• Long command with tons of arguments

Environment variables

• echo with some environment variables $variable
• Check that $ is interpreted as an environment variable
• Check that double quotes interpolate $
• echo $USER