split-folders

Automated testing in BASH

Automated tests in bash using Bash Automated Testing System. Using the example of a bash script to split a folder into sub-folders based on the first letter of the file names. Also has a Travis pipeline setup.

Installation

• Install BATS

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:duggan/bats --yes
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install bats
  

• Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/tmcadam/split-folders.git
  

Running tests

• Change directory to the cloned repo
• Run BATS

  bats test-split-folder.bats
  

Usage

• Change directory to the cloned repo
• Run the script

  bash split-folder.sh --help
  

  bash split-folder.sh --dry-run <target_directory>
  

  bash split-folder.sh <target_directory>