Open Source Unix Shell Software Development Software

empty - run applications under pseudo-terminal (PTY) sessions to dialogue with interactive programs. Replace TCL/Expect with a simple tool and use your favorite shell (sh, bash, csh, tcsh, ksh, zsh, etc)

Automation of Unit and System Tests. Tests can be implemented in any language and on many platforms. The flexible approach enables the inclusion of many types of tests, such as memory leak checks (using valgrind), coding rule checks, complexity checks, etc. Tests are run by a simple call to hwut in a base directory of a project. In particular for C, HWUT supports make file generation using 'sos' and 'sols' modes. Remote control-able function stubs may be generated using the 'stub' mode. Test cases can be generated using the 'gen' mode, and state machine walkers by the 'sm_walker' mode. Over the last decade HWUT has matured towards a full fledged unit test tool for a wide variety of applications.

Gobisoft is a batch package builder for applications, it builds a self-install package of your programs. Creates a stand alone executable file that performs the (secured installation and removing) of the elements necessary to distribute your applications. The software offers many possibilities, such as executing commands before and after installation.

pofig - portable shell script for probing base system properties: OS, OS version, kernel version, distro, distro version, architecture. It detects: 19 operating systems, 11 major linux distros, 13 CPU types. See wiki for more information and examples.

cmdok checks that specified commands are OK. If command is OK than it exists in PATH and can be run. It is a simple, small and portable Bash script. It is useful in software packages that want to check that some commands exist before trying to run them. See wiki for more information and examples.

cstem is a portable toolkit for probing and testing C/C++ system. It consist of 4 scripts: cprobe, cltest, cppdef, mkdep. cstem scripts can be used standalone or as part of software build systems. All scripts are portable and have no dependencies. See wiki for more information and examples.