exists/scripts/command-args-test.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Test if the command builtin accepts multiple arguments with -v

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set -euf

printn () { eval "set -- $1"; printf %s\\n $#; }

rm -rf testdir

trap 'err=$?; rm -rf testdir; trap - EXIT; exit $err' EXIT INT

mkdir testdir
touch testdir/testfile1 testdir/testfile2
chmod 0755 testdir/testfile1 testdir/testfile2

ORIGPATH="$PATH"
PATH=testdir

die=0

cmd="$(command -v testfile1 testfile2)" || die=1

PATH="$ORIGPATH"

[ $die != 1 ] || exit 1

test=
for i in $(printf %s "$cmd"); do
  test="${test} $i"
done

[ "$(printn "$test")" -gt 1 ] || exit 1

exit 0