rm -r result ../ASCIIsite.py --verbose --output result --exclude-file globignore test #find the sha1sum of the output cd result result=$(find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P0 -n1 md5sum | sort -k 2 | md5sum) cd ../control control=$(find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -P0 -n1 md5sum | sort -k 2 | md5sum) cd ../ tree result echo result sum is $result echo control sum is $control if [ "$result" = "$control" ]; then echo test passed! else echo test did not pass!!!!! fi