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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Broad Institute
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+ * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+ * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+ * conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils;
+
+
+// the imports for unit testing.
+
+
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.exceptions.ReviewedStingException;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class ProcessUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
+    @Test()
+    public void testGoodCommand() {
+        final String goodLs = "ls " + b37KGReference;
+        final int result = ProcessUtils.runCommandAndWait(goodLs);
+        Assert.assertEquals(result, 0, "ProcessUtils tells me that my command that should be good failed");
+    }
+
+    @Test()
+    public void testGoodCommandWithBadArguments() {
+        final String goodLs = "ls asdfhadsfhakdhsfakdhfalkdhfalkdhflakhdflakdhsf";
+        final int result = ProcessUtils.runCommandAndWait(goodLs);
+        Assert.assertFalse(result == 0, "ProcessUtils tells me that my command which had a bad argument and should have returned not zero, did in fact return properly");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = ReviewedStingException.class)
+    public void testBadCommand() {
+        final String goodLs = "asfdadsfadsfa " + b37KGReference;
+        final int result = ProcessUtils.runCommandAndWait(goodLs);
+        Assert.fail("ProcessUtils should have excepted out but got result back of " + result);
+    }
+}
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