Command-line tool

bats-core

brew/bats-core

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Bash Automated Testing System

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

cargo install bats

macOS

brew install bats-core
cargo install bats

Linux

cargo install bats

Run a BATS test script and output results in the TAP (Test Anything Protocol) format

bats -t path/to/test.bats

Count test cases of a test script without running any tests

bats -c path/to/test.bats

Run BATS test cases recursively (files with a `.bats` extension)

bats -r path/to/directory

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