Example test script generated by https://github.com/Araq/dropbox_filename_sanitizer. See http://gradha.github.io/articles/2014/05/testing-installation-instructions.html for context.

shell_test_1398956253.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Set errors to bail out.
set -e
# Display commands
#set -v
BASE_DIR=~/shelltest_dropbox_filename_sanitizer
TEST_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/1398956253"
NIM_DIR="${TEST_DIR}/compiler"
NIM_BIN="${NIM_DIR}/bin/nimrod"
BABEL_CFG=~/.babel
BABEL_BIN="${BABEL_CFG}/bin"
BABEL_SRC="${TEST_DIR}/babel"

# Try to purge babel absolute temp directory for reruns and other users. See
# https://github.com/nimrod-code/babel/issues/28.
trap "rm -Rf /tmp/babel" EXIT

rm -Rf "${BASE_DIR}" "${BABEL_CFG}"
if test -d "${BASE_DIR}"; then
  echo "Could not purge $BASE_DIR"
  exit 1
fi
mkdir -p "${TEST_DIR}"

echo "Downloading Nimrod compiler 'devel'…"
git clone -q --depth 1 -b devel git://github.com/Araq/Nimrod.git "${NIM_DIR}"
git clone -q --depth 1 -b master git://github.com/nimrod-code/csources "${NIM_DIR}/csources"

echo "Compiling csources (master)…"
cd "${NIM_DIR}/csources"
sh build.sh 2>&1 >/dev/null

echo "Compiling koch…"
cd "${NIM_DIR}"
bin/nimrod c koch 2>&1 >/dev/null

echo "Compiling Nimrod…"
./koch boot -d:release 2>&1 >/dev/null

echo "Testing Nimrod compiler invokation through adhoc path…"
export PATH="${NIM_DIR}/bin:${PATH}"
which nimrod
nimrod -v|grep "Nimrod Compiler Version"

echo "Downloading Babel package manager…"
git clone -q --depth 1 https://github.com/nimrod-code/babel.git "${BABEL_SRC}"
cd "${BABEL_SRC}"

echo "Compiling Babel…"
nimrod c -r src/babel install 2>&1 >/dev/null

echo "Installing Babel itself through environment path…"
export PATH="${BABEL_BIN}:${PATH}"
babel update 2>&1 >/dev/null
babel install -y babel 2>&1 >/dev/null

babel update
babel install argument_parser
babel install dropbox_filename_sanitizer
echo "Testing installed binary version."
dropbox_filename_sanitizer -v | grep "0.4.0"

echo "Test script finished successfully, removing stuff…"
rm -Rf "${BASE_DIR}" "${BABEL_CFG}"