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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+CEMENT_VERSION="3.0"
+PYTHON_VERSIONS="3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10"
+
+function smoke-test {
+    pyver=$1
+
+    echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "SMOKE TESTING CEMENT CLI ON PYTHON $pyver"
+    echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    docker stop cement-cli-smoke-test 2>&1 >/dev/null ||:
+    docker rm -f cement-cli-smoke-test 2>&1 >/dev/null ||:
+    docker run \
+        --name cement-cli-smoke-test \
+        -itd \
+        -v `pwd`:/src \
+        python:$pyver \
+        /bin/bash
+    docker exec -it cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cd /src ; python setup.py install"
+    tmp=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "mktemp -d")
+
+    
+    ### verify help output
+
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement --version")
+    echo "$res" | grep "Cement Framework $CEMENT_VERSION.\d"
+    echo "$res" | grep "Python $pyver.\d"
+    echo "$res" | grep "Platform Linux.*"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement --help")
+    echo "$res" | grep "Cement Framework Developer Tools"
+    echo "$res" | grep "generate"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement -h")
+    echo "$res" | grep "Cement Framework Developer Tools"
+    echo "$res" | grep "generate"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement generate -h")
+    echo "$res" | grep "project"
+    echo "$res" | grep "todo-tutorial"
+    echo "$res" | grep "plugin"
+    echo "$res" | grep "script"
+    echo "$res" | grep "extension"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement generate project -h")
+    echo "$res" | grep "destination directory path"
+    echo "$res" | grep -- "-D, --defaults"
+
+    
+    ### generate a project
+
+    docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement generate project -D $tmp/myapp"
+    docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cd $tmp/myapp ; pip install -r requirements.txt"
+    docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cd $tmp/myapp ; python setup.py install"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "myapp --version")
+    echo "$res" | grep "Cement Framework $CEMENT_VERSION\.\d"
+    echo "$res" | grep "Python $pyver.\d"
+    echo "$res" | grep "Platform Linux.*"
+
+    
+    ### generate a script
+
+    docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement generate script -D $tmp/myscript"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "python $tmp/myscript/myscript.py --version")
+    echo "$res" | grep "myscript v0.0.1"
+    
+
+    ### generate an extension
+
+    docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement generate extension -D $tmp/myapp/myapp/ext"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cat $tmp/myapp/myapp/ext/ext_myextension.py")
+    echo "$res" | grep "myextension_pre_run_hook"
+
+
+    ### generate a plugin
+
+    docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cement generate plugin -D $tmp/myapp/myapp/plugins"
+    res=$(docker exec cement-cli-smoke-test /bin/bash -c "cat $tmp/myapp/myapp/plugins/myplugin/controllers/myplugin.py")
+    echo "$res" | grep "class MyPlugin(Controller)"
+
+    ### finish
+
+    echo ""
+    echo "SMOKE TEST FOR PYTHON $pyver COMPLETED WITHOUT ERRORS"
+    echo ""
+}
+
+rm -rf tmp/cli-smoke-test.out
+echo "output in tmp/cli-smoke-test.out"
+
+for pyver in $PYTHON_VERSIONS; do
+    echo -n "python $pyver . . . "
+    smoke-test $pyver 2>> tmp/cli-smoke-test.out 1>> tmp/cli-smoke-test.out
+    echo "ok"
+done
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