TTYtest is an acceptance test framework for interactive console applications. It's like capybara for the terminal.

It works by running commands inside a tmux session, capturing the pane, and comparing the content. The assertions will wait a specified amount of time (default 2 seconds) for the expected content to appear.

• tmux >= 1.8
• Ruby >= 2.1

@tty = TTYtest.new_terminal(%{PS1='$ ' /bin/sh}, width: 80, height: 24)
@tty.assert_row(0, '$')
@tty.assert_cursor_position(x: 2, y: 0)

@tty.send_keys(%{echo "Hello, world"\n})

@tty.assert_contents <<TTY
$ echo "Hello, world"
Hello, world
$
TTY
@tty.assert_cursor_position(x: 2, y: 2)

p @tty.rows # => ["$ echo \"Hello, world\"", "Hello, world", "$", "", "", "", ...]

See also fzy's integration test for a full example.

The main way to use TTYtest is through assertions. When called on a TTYtest::Terminal, each of these will be retried (for up to 2 seconds by default).

Available assertions:

• assert_row(row_number, expected_text)
• assert_cursor_position(x: x, y: y)
• assert_cursor_visible
• assert_cursor_hidden
• assert_contents(lines_of_terminal)

TTYtest can run on TravisCI, but the version of tmux made available with their default ubuntu 12.04 environment is too old. However the TravisCI ubuntu 14.04 "trusty" image provides tmux 1.8, which works great.

Ensure the following is in your .travis.yml (see this project's .travis.yml for an example)

dist: trusty
addons:
  apt:
    packages:
    - tmux

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jhawthorn/ttytest.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.