How to Create bats-core Files

Files with extension .bats are displayed with a little bat icon to tell that it’s a bats-core file.

BashSupport Pro comes with a basic template for bats-core tests. Files with a #!/usr/bin/bats shebang line are also supported, but new files created with the actions always get a .bats file extension.

If you don’t like the guided steps below, just create a new file with a .bats extension or a #!/usr/bin/bats shebang line.

BashSupport Pro helps you to manage bats-core files:

1. First, choose File → New from the main menu.

   

2. Click on the item bats-core Test. A new dialog pops up.
3. Now enter the name of the new bats-core file and confirm by Enter . The file extension .bats is automatically appended if you don’t enter it.

   

4. BashSupport Pro now creates the new file and opens an editor to show it. The file already contains a simple test setup to run your first test.