# Shell Script Tests: `test`

> Murex's test framework - define tests, run tests and debug shell scripts

## Description

`test` is used to define tests, run tests and debug Murex shell scripts.

## Usage

Define an inlined test

```
test define test-name { json-properties }
```

Define a state report

```
test state name { code block }
```

Define a unit test

```
test unit function|private|open|event test-name { json-properties }
```

Enable or disable boolean test states (more options available in `config`)

```
test config [ enable|!enable ] [ verbose|!verbose ] [ auto-report|!auto-report ]
```

Disable test mode

```
!test
```

Execute a function with testing enabled

```
test run { code-block }
```

Execute unit test(s)

```
test run package/module/test-name|*
```

Write report

```
test report
```

## Examples

### Inlined test

```
function hello-world {
    test define example {
        "StdoutRegex": (^Hello World$)
    }

    out <test_example> "Hello Earth"
}

test run { hello-world }
```

### Unit test

```
test unit function aliases {
    "PreBlock": ({
        alias ALIAS_UNIT_TEST=example param1 param2 param3
    }),
    "StdoutRegex": "([- _0-9a-zA-Z]+ => .*?\n)+",
    "StdoutType": "str",
    "PostBlock": ({
        !alias ALIAS_UNIT_TEST
    })
}

function aliases {
    # Output the aliases in human readable format
    runtime --aliases -> formap name alias {
        $name -> sprintf "%10s => ${esccli @alias}\n"
    } -> cast str
}

test run aliases
```

## Detail

### Report

`test report` is only needed if `config test auto-report` is set false.
However `test run` automatically enables **auto-report**.

When the report is generated, be it automatically or manually triggered, it
flushes the table of pending reports.

## Synonyms

* `test`
* `!test`


## See Also

* [Read / Write To A Named Pipe: `<pipe>`](../parser/namedpipe.md):
  Reads from a Murex named pipe
* [Shell Configuration And Settings: `config`](../commands/config.md):
  Query or define Murex runtime settings

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This document was generated from [builtins/core/test/test_doc.yaml](https://github.com/lmorg/murex/blob/master/builtins/core/test/test_doc.yaml).