**seq**(1) acceptance tests

By: The Subplot project

2025-10-13 10:01

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title: "seq(1) acceptance tests" author: The Subplot project bindings:

  • lib/runcmd.yaml
  • seq-extras.yaml impls: rust:
    • seq-extras.rs ...

1 Introduction

seq(1) is a Unix command line tool that produces numbers 1, 2, etc, up until a count given by the user. For example, if the user runs seq 3, the output has the numbers 1, 2, and 3, one per line.

2 No arguments

Requirement: If seq is run without arguments, it reports an error.

1 when I try to run seq
2 then exit code is 1

3 One number

Requirement: If seq is run with the argument 1, it writes one line, with the number 1.

1 when I run seq 1
2 then stdout is exactly "1 "
3 then stderr is exactly ""

4 More than one number

Requirement: If seq is run with the argument 3, it writes three lines, one with the number 1, one with 2, and one with 3.

1 when I run seq 3
2 then stdout has 3 lines
3 then stdout is exactly "1 2 3 "
4 then stderr is exactly ""

5 Not a number

Requirement: If seq is run with a non-numerical argument, it writes nothing to stdout, and an error message to stderr.

1 when I try to run seq fish
2 then command fails
3 then stdout is exactly ""
4 then stderr says fish is invalid