#!/bin/bash # This script return 0 if and only if the given program returns non-zero # AND the regex matches the output # $1 = the regex as grep # $2... The program regex="$1" shift "${@}" 2>&1 | stdbuf -i0 -o0 tee /dev/stderr | grep -q "${regex}" rcprog=${PIPESTATUS[0]} rcgrep=${PIPESTATUS[2]} echo "rcprog='$rcprog' rcgrep='$rcgrep'" if [ "$rcprog" != 0 ] && [ "$rcgrep" = 0 ]; then echo "ok: program failed and grep matched the error line" exit 0 else if [ "$rcprog" = 0 ]; then echo "error: program exited with 0 rather than failure" fi if [ "$rcgrep" != 0 ]; then echo "error: regex \"${regex}\" not matched" fi exit 1 fi