put your tests into the module! . . # exit when sourcing [ "$0" == "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" ] || return 0 echo "Tests for [$0]" . . this way you'll wind up able t

put your tests into the module! . . # exit when sourcing [ "$0" == "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" ] || return 0 echo "Tests for [$0]" . . this way you'll wind up able to load/source globs of reusable self testing code into the global namespace with ease. add a [ -n "$1" ] && { undef and exit } block at the top of the file where you document the names you're using as you would in a header.c and packaging your code for reuse becomes easy. at last count i have 19 such modules in /ops/bash. they are immensely useful to help me remember this atrocious language :)