# Install clitest with Homebrew, apt, dnf, pacman Command-Line Tester. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install clitest. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:clitest ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install clitest ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install clitest ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: clitest from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install clitest ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: clitest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S clitest ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: clitest from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:clitest - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.0 - **Source summary:** Command-Line Tester - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - clitest (cli) - clitest (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.5.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/aureliojargas/clitest - Upstream latest detected: 0.5.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage clitest is a portable POSIX shell script for testing command-line sessions by comparing commands and expected output written in a terminal-like transcript. ### Project history clitest was published by Aurelio Jargas as a small single-script command-line testing tool. The upstream README frames it as applying the doctest idea to Unix command lines: documentation-like shell sessions can become executable tests. ### Adoption history The project is intentionally small, but it reached several developer-oriented package channels: the batch input records Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and Ubuntu packages. The README also documents a Docker image and points to funcoeszz test files as a larger real-world suite using the clitest format. ### How it is used Users write a text or Markdown file containing prompts, commands, and expected output, then run `clitest FILE` to execute and check those examples. The README documents prefix handling for indented Markdown code blocks and inline expected-output markers such as `#=>`. ### Why package nerds care clitest matters to package nerds as a tiny, portable test runner for command-line examples. It is the sort of tool that can smoke-test package documentation, man-page examples, and shell snippets without bringing in a language-specific test framework. ### Timeline - 2013: GitHub repository created and early 0.1.0 tag committed. - 2023: Version 0.5.0 tag committed. - 2023: Upstream README documents direct script installation, Docker use, Markdown extraction, and real-world clitest suites. ### Related projects - Related projects and concepts include Python doctest, doctest.fish for fish shell users, shellspec-style shell testing tools, and command-documentation test suites such as funcoeszz's clitest files. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** clitest - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - clitest - 0.5.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: clitest from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable testing tool for Unix command lines | https://github.com/aureliojargas/clitest - Ubuntu apt - clitest - 0.4.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: clitest from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable testing tool for Unix command lines | https://github.com/aureliojargas/clitest - dnf - clitest - 0.5.0-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: clitest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Command Line Tester | https://github.com/aureliojargas/clitest - pacman - clitest - 0.5.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: clitest from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Perform automatic testing in Unix command lines | https://github.com/aureliojargas/clitest ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [powershell](https://pkg.so/brew/powershell/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, shell. - [parallel](https://pkg.so/brew/parallel/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, shell. - [expect](https://pkg.so/brew/expect/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [tox](https://pkg.so/brew/tox/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [entr](https://pkg.so/brew/entr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [retry](https://pkg.so/brew/retry/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, shell. - [shellspec](https://pkg.so/brew/shellspec/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, shell, testing. - [molecule](https://pkg.so/brew/molecule/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [shelltestrunner](https://pkg.so/brew/shelltestrunner/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, developer, developer-tools, line. - [atf](https://pkg.so/brew/atf/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, shell, testing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clitest.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/clitest.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph