I use the perl Test framework to test lots-a-things. These are all crude test examples below - 
# check webservice
like(
     `lynx http://tiago.com -head -dump`,
     qr/200 OK/,
     'HEAD request using lynx'
     );


# disk space
for (`df`) 
{
    my ($filesystem, $use) = /^(\S+) .+ (\d+)%/;
    next unless ($filesystem && $use);
    ok($use < 70, "$use \%filesystem");
}


# running daemons
my @ps = `ps -e`;
for my $daemon (qw(crond syslogd ntpd))
{
    my $cnt = grep /$daemon/, @ps;
    ok($cnt, "$daemon ($cnt)");
}


# software version
like(
     `nmap --version`,
     qr/\W3\.\d/,
     'nmap version test'
     );


# binaries and path
for my $bin ('ping','kill','pod2text', 'nslookup', 'tail')
{
    my $loc = `which $bin`;
    chomp $loc;
    ok(stat($loc), $loc);
    ok(-x _, 'executable by effective uid/gid');
}


# ping the machine
$ip = '66.39.54.27';
my $ret = join('', `ping -c 5 -W 1 $ip`);
like($ret, qr/ 0\% packet loss/, 'packet loss');
                                                                      
+                             
# DNS
$ip = '66.39.54.27';
$name = 'perlmonks.org';
like(`host $ip`, qr/$name/, 'DNS');
like(`host $name`, qr/$ip/, 'reverse DNS');

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It's also not hard to make other languages output in the format usable by Test::Harness, so incidently, if anyone care to make a shell library of functions that mimic the Test::More module, drop me a note, I'm interested.

Tiago

In reply to Re: using Test::* modules for generic testing of non perl stuff? by tstock
in thread using Test::* modules for generic testing of non perl stuff? by jfroebe

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