Command-line tool

bats

npm/bats

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC · Still published on npm

Bash Automated Testing System bats bash shell test unit

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g bats

macOS

npm install -g bats

Linux

npm install -g 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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