neovim/test/functional/shell/viml_system_spec.lua

-- Specs for
-- - `system()`
-- - `systemlist()`

local helpers = require('test.functional.helpers')
local eq, clear, eval, feed =
  helpers.eq, helpers.clear, helpers.eval, helpers.feed


local function create_file_with_nuls(name)
  return function()
    feed('ipart1<C-V>000part2<C-V>000part3<ESC>:w '..name..'<CR>')
  end
end

local function delete_file(name)
  return function()
    eval("delete('"..name.."')")
  end
end

-- Some tests require the xclip program and a x server.
local xclip = nil
do 
  if os.getenv('DISPLAY') then
    local proc = io.popen('which xclip') 
    xclip = proc:read()
    proc:close()
  end
end

describe('system()', function()
  before_each(clear)

  it('sets the v:shell_error variable', function()
    eval([[system("sh -c 'exit'")]])
    eq(0, eval('v:shell_error'))
    eval([[system("sh -c 'exit 1'")]])
    eq(1, eval('v:shell_error'))
    eval([[system("sh -c 'exit 5'")]])
    eq(5, eval('v:shell_error'))
    eval([[system('this-should-not-exist')]])
    eq(127, eval('v:shell_error'))
  end)

  describe('passing no input', function()
    it('returns the program output', function()
      eq("echoed", eval('system("echo -n echoed")'))
    end)
  end)

  describe('passing input', function()
    it('returns the program output', function()
      eq("input", eval('system("cat -", "input")'))
    end)
  end)

  describe('passing number as input', function()
    it('stringifies the input', function()
      eq('1', eval('system("cat", 1)'))
    end)
  end)

  describe('with output containing NULs', function()
    local fname = 'Xtest'

    setup(create_file_with_nuls(fname))
    teardown(delete_file(fname))

    it('replaces NULs by SOH characters', function()
      eq('part1\001part2\001part3\n', eval('system("cat '..fname..'")'))
    end)
  end)

  describe('passing list as input', function()
    it('joins list items with linefeed characters', function()
      eq('line1\nline2\nline3',
        eval("system('cat -', ['line1', 'line2', 'line3'])"))
    end)

    -- Notice that NULs are converted to SOH when the data is read back. This
    -- is inconsistent and is a good reason for the existence of the
    -- `systemlist()` function, where input and output map to the same
    -- characters(see the following tests with `systemlist()` below)
    describe('with linefeed characters inside list items', function()
      it('converts linefeed characters to NULs', function()
        eq('l1\001p2\nline2\001a\001b\nl3',
          eval([[system('cat -', ["l1\np2", "line2\na\nb", 'l3'])]]))
      end)
    end)

    describe('with leading/trailing whitespace characters on items', function()
      it('preserves whitespace, replacing linefeeds by NULs', function()
        eq('line \nline2\001\n\001line3',
          eval([[system('cat -', ['line ', "line2\n", "\nline3"])]]))
      end)
    end)
  end)

  if xclip then
    describe("with a program that doesn't close stdout", function()
      it('will exit properly after passing input', function()
        eq(nil, eval([[system('xclip -i -selection clipboard', 'clip-data')]]))
        eq('clip-data', eval([[system('xclip -o -selection clipboard')]]))
      end)
    end)
  end
end)

describe('systemlist()', function()
  -- behavior is similar to `system()` but it returns a list instead of a
  -- string.
  before_each(clear)

  it('sets the v:shell_error variable', function()
    eval([[systemlist("sh -c 'exit'")]])
    eq(0, eval('v:shell_error'))
    eval([[systemlist("sh -c 'exit 1'")]])
    eq(1, eval('v:shell_error'))
    eval([[systemlist("sh -c 'exit 5'")]])
    eq(5, eval('v:shell_error'))
    eval([[systemlist('this-should-not-exist')]])
    eq(127, eval('v:shell_error'))
  end)

  describe('passing string with linefeed characters as input', function()
    it('splits the output on linefeed characters', function()
      eq({'abc', 'def', 'ghi'}, eval([[systemlist("cat -", "abc\ndef\nghi")]]))
    end)
  end)

  describe('with output containing NULs', function()
    local fname = 'Xtest'

    setup(create_file_with_nuls(fname))
    teardown(delete_file(fname))

    it('replaces NULs by newline characters', function()
      eq({'part1\npart2\npart3'}, eval('systemlist("cat '..fname..'")'))
    end)
  end)

  describe('passing list as input', function()
    it('joins list items with linefeed characters', function()
      eq({'line1', 'line2', 'line3'},
        eval("systemlist('cat -', ['line1', 'line2', 'line3'])"))
    end)

    -- Unlike `system()` which uses SOH to represent NULs, with `systemlist()`
    -- input and ouput are the same
    describe('with linefeed characters inside list items', function()
      it('converts linefeed characters to NULs', function()
        eq({'l1\np2', 'line2\na\nb', 'l3'},
          eval([[systemlist('cat -', ["l1\np2", "line2\na\nb", 'l3'])]]))
      end)
    end)

    describe('with leading/trailing whitespace characters on items', function()
      it('preserves whitespace, replacing linefeeds by NULs', function()
        eq({'line ', 'line2\n', '\nline3'},
          eval([[systemlist('cat -', ['line ', "line2\n", "\nline3"])]]))
      end)
    end)
  end)

  if xclip then
    describe("with a program that doesn't close stdout", function()
      it('will exit properly after passing input', function()
        eq(nil, eval(
          "systemlist('xclip -i -selection clipboard', ['clip', 'data'])"))
        eq({'clip', 'data'}, eval(
          "systemlist('xclip -o -selection clipboard')"))
      end)
    end)
  end
end)