diff --git a/t/simple.t b/t/simple.t
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests=>20;
+use File::Basename;
+use File::Spec;
+
+chdir(dirname(__FILE__));
+
+# set of very simple tests to check options and fastq i/o
+my $dsrc=File::Spec->catfile("..", "bin", "dsrc");
+
+for my $m (qw(m0 m1)) {
+for my $f (qw(test1 test2)) {
+
+    # remove prev out, if any
+    unlink "$f-$m.fq.out.dz", "$f-$m.fq.out";
+
+    # ****5 tests per loop*****
+
+
+    # standard test
+    sys("$dsrc c -m$m $f.fq $f-$m.fq.out.dz", "compress $m $f");
+    sys("$dsrc d $f-$m.fq.out.dz $f-$m.fq.out", "decompress $m $f");
+    same("$f.fq", "$f-$m.fq.out"); 
+
+    #  stream decompress
+    sys("$dsrc d -s $f-$m.fq.out.dz > $f-$m-s.fq.out", "decompress stream $m $f");
+    same("$f.fq", "$f-$m-s.fq.out"); 
+}
+}
+
+sub sys {
+    if (!ok(!system($_[0]), $_[1])) {
+        diag($_[0]);
+    }
+}
+
+sub slurp {
+    my ($f) = @_;
+    local $/= undef;
+    open S, $f;
+    my $r=<S>;
+    close S;
+    return $r;
+}
+
+sub same {
+    my ($f1, $f2) = @_;
+    my $r1=slurp($f1);
+    my $r2=slurp($f2);
+    ok($r1 && $r2 && ($r1 eq $r2), "$f1 = $f2");
+}
+
diff --git a/t/test1.fq b/t/test1.fq
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+@1 CLIP IS AGTCCCGTAC AT >=
+ATATGCTACGTTTGTGACCTAGTCCCGTAC
++
+hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhffgffaa
+@2 CLIP AGTCCCGTAC + AAAA's
+ATGTTCGTATATGAGCAGTCCCGTACAAAA
++
+hhbhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfffffaa
+@3 CLIP JUST AGTCC
+TATAGCCTCTAGCTTGACTCTAGCTAGTCC
++
+hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfffffaaa
diff --git a/t/test2.fq b/t/test2.fq
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+@1 a b c; ; ;=<
+ATATGCTACGTTTGTGACCTAGTCCCGTAC
++
+hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhffgffaa
+@2 a b c 
+ATGTTCGTATATGAGCAGTCCCGTACAAAA
++
+hhbhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfffffhh
+@3 a b c
+TATAGCCTCTAGCTTGACTCTAGCTAGTCC
++
+hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfffffhhh