var grunt = require('grunt') , path = require('path') , fs = require('fs') , assert = require('assert') , testDir = path.join(process.cwd(), 'test') , opts = { gruntfile: path.join(testDir, 'Gruntfile.js') } , tasks = [ 'exec:test1' , 'exec:test2' , 'exec:test3:42:love' , 'exec:test4' , 'exec:test5' , 'exec:test6' , 'exec:test7' ]; grunt.tasks(tasks, opts, function() { var tests = [ { name: 'test1', expected: 'bruce willis was dead\n' } , { name: 'test2' , expected: 'grunt@' + grunt.version + '\n' } , { name: 'test3' , expected: [ 'the answer to life is 42', 'thoughts on tacos? love', '' ].join('\n') } , { name: 'test4' , expected:'you can use callback, and error, stdout, stderr can be used as arguments\n' } , { name: 'test7', expected: 'you don\'t even need an object\n' } ] , outputPath; tests.forEach(function(test) { outputPath = path.join(testDir, test.name); assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8'), test.expected); // clean up fs.unlinkSync(outputPath); grunt.log.ok(test.name +' passed'); }); });