#!/usr/bin/env tesh p This is a basic test < TOTO \ TUTU $ mkfile tmp_fich $ cat tmp_fich > TOTO TUTU ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < $ cat tmp_fich < > TUTU TOTO $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh $ rm tmp_fich p And now, some multilines examples p Really basic multiline < a < b < c < d $ mkfile tmp_fich $ cat tmp_fich > a > b > c > d $ sed -n '$=' tmp_fich > 4 $ rm tmp_fich p Now, check for spaces in input p * leading and trailing spaces... < a < b < c $ sed 's/ /_/g' > __a > _b_ > c__ p * empty lines... < a < < c $ sed '2s/^/b/' > a > b > c < < b < c $ sed '1s/^/a/' > a > b > c p Now that input should be good, check for spaces in output p * leading spaces... < _x $ sed 's/_/ /' > x ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < _x < $ sed 's/_/ /' < > x $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < x < $ cat < > x $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh p * trailing spaces... < x_ $ sed 's/_/ /' > x ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < x_ < $ sed 's/_/ /' < > x $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < x < $ cat < > x $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh p * empty lines... < a < < c $ cat > a > > c ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < a < < < < c < $ cat < > a < > c $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < a < < c < $ cat < > a < > < > c $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh < < b < c $ cat > > b > c ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < < < b < < c < $ cat < > b < > c $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh ! expect return 2 ! output ignore < < b < < c < $ cat < > < > b < > c $ ${bindir:=.}/tesh