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mr.buttons
mr.buttons

Reputation: 695

matching exact string with Serverspec (rspec)

I would like to come up with a test which would fail, unless the string matches exactly.

Output which should lead to a failure

PS C:\Users\vagrant> auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'User Account Management'
System audit policy
Category/Subcategory                      Setting
Account Management
  User Account Management                 Success and Failure

Output which should lead to success:

PS C:\Users\vagrant> auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'User Account Management'
System audit policy
Category/Subcategory                      Setting
Account Management
  User Account Management                 Success

And various permutations of below test which passes despite hours of googling and experimenting

describe command("auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'User Account Management'") do 
  its(:stdout){should match(/User Account Management                 Success/)}
end

The most promising test is this, however it wants the exact literal match of entire output, not just the string in question:

describe command("auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'User Account Management'") do 
  its(:stdout){should eq(/User Account Management                 Success/)}
end

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1930

Answers (1)

user3188454
user3188454

Reputation: 76

try to work with the $-sign.

describe command("auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'User Account Management'") do 
  its(:stdout){should match(/User Account Management                 Success$/)}
end

sources: http://www.regular-expressions.info/anchors.html and many many more

Upvotes: 1

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