Solution to proverb in Bash

bash/proverb/.exercism/config.json

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+{
+  "authors": [
+    "glennj"
+  ],
+  "contributors": [
+    "bkhl",
+    "guygastineau",
+    "IsaacG",
+    "kotp"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "proverb.sh"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "proverb.bats"
+    ],
+    "example": [
+      ".meta/example.sh"
+    ]
+  },
+  "blurb": "For want of a horseshoe nail, a kingdom was lost, or so the saying goes. Output the full text of this proverbial rhyme.",
+  "source": "Wikipedia",
+  "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail"
+}

bash/proverb/.exercism/metadata.json

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+{"track":"bash","exercise":"proverb","id":"b9604697f68f45c0a89bd7b3ebb75cd5","url":"https://exercism.org/tracks/bash/exercises/proverb","handle":"Kimawari","is_requester":true,"auto_approve":false}

bash/proverb/HELP.md

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+# Help
+
+## Running the tests
+
+Each exercise contains a test file.
+Run the tests using the `bats` program.
+
+```bash
+bats hello_world.bats
+```
+
+`bats` will need to be installed.
+See the [Testing on the Bash track][tests] page for instructions to install `bats` for your system.
+
+[tests]: https://exercism.org/docs/tracks/bash/tests
+
+## Help for assert functions
+
+The tests use functions from the [bats-assert][bats-assert] library.
+Help for the various `assert*` functions can be found there.
+
+[bats-assert]: https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert
+
+## Skipped tests
+
+Solving an exercise means making all its tests pass.
+By default, only one test (the first one) is executed when you run the tests.
+This is intentional, as it allows you to focus on just making that one test pass.
+Once it passes, you can enable the next test by commenting out or removing the next annotation:
+
+```bash
+[[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == true ]] || skip
+```
+
+## Overriding skips
+
+To run all tests, including the ones with `skip` annotations, you can run:
+
+```bash
+BATS_RUN_SKIPPED=true bats exercise_name.bats
+```
+
+It can be convenient to use a wrapper function to save on typing:
+
+```bash
+bats() {
+    BATS_RUN_SKIPPED=true command bats *.bats
+}
+```
+
+Then run tests with just:
+
+```bash
+bats
+```
+
+## Submitting your solution
+
+You can submit your solution using the `exercism submit proverb.sh` command.
+This command will upload your solution to the Exercism website and print the solution page's URL.
+
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution which allows you to:
+
+- See how others have completed the exercise
+- Request help from a mentor
+
+## Need to get help?
+
+If you'd like help solving the exercise, check the following pages:
+
+- The [Bash track's documentation](https://exercism.org/docs/tracks/bash)
+- [Exercism's programming category on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/c/programming/5)
+- The [Frequently Asked Questions](https://exercism.org/docs/using/faqs)
+
+Should those resources not suffice, you could submit your (incomplete) solution to request mentoring.
+
+Check your code for syntax errors: paste your code into
+[https://shellcheck.net](https://shellcheck.net) (or [install it](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck#user-content-installing) on your machine).
+
+Stack Overflow will be your first stop for bash questions.
+
+* start with the [`bash` tag](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bash) to search for your specific question: it's probably already been asked
+* under the bash tag on Stackoverflow, the [Learn more...](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/bash/info) link has _tons_ of good information.
+    * the "Books and Resources" section is particularly useful.
+* the [`bash` tag](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/bash) on Unix & Linux is also active
+
+## External utilities
+
+`bash` is a language to write "scripts" -- programs that can call
+external tools, such as
+[`sed`](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/),
+[`awk`](https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/),
+[`date`](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/date-invocation.html)
+and even programs written in other programming languages, 
+like [`Python`](https://www.python.org/).
+This track does not restrict the usage of these utilities, and as long
+as your solution is portable between systems and does not require
+installation of third party applications, feel free to use them to solve
+the exercise.
+
+For an extra challenge, if you would like to have a better understanding of
+the language, try to re-implement the solution in pure bash, without using
+any external tools. There are some types of problems that bash cannot solve,
+such as floating point arithmetic and manipulating dates: for those, you
+must call out to an external tool.

bash/proverb/README.md

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+# Proverb
+
+Welcome to Proverb on Exercism's Bash Track.
+If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+For want of a horseshoe nail, a kingdom was lost, or so the saying goes.
+
+Given a list of inputs, generate the relevant proverb.
+For example, given the list `["nail", "shoe", "horse", "rider", "message", "battle", "kingdom"]`, you will output the full text of this proverbial rhyme:
+
+```text
+For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
+For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
+For want of a horse the rider was lost.
+For want of a rider the message was lost.
+For want of a message the battle was lost.
+For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
+And all for the want of a nail.
+```
+
+Note that the list of inputs may vary; your solution should be able to handle lists of arbitrary length and content.
+No line of the output text should be a static, unchanging string; all should vary according to the input given.
+
+## Source
+
+### Created by
+
+- @glennj
+
+### Contributed to by
+
+- @bkhl
+- @guygastineau
+- @IsaacG
+- @kotp
+
+### Based on
+
+Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail

bash/proverb/bats-extra.bash

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+# This is the source code for bats-support and bats-assert, concatenated
+# * https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support
+# * https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert
+#
+# Comments have been removed to save space. See the git repos for full source code.
+
+############################################################
+#
+# bats-support - Supporting library for Bats test helpers
+#
+# Written in 2016 by Zoltan Tombol <zoltan dot tombol at gmail dot com>
+#
+# To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all
+# copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to the
+# public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without any
+# warranty.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication
+# along with this software. If not, see
+# <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+#
+
+fail() {
+  (( $# == 0 )) && batslib_err || batslib_err "$@"
+  return 1
+}
+
+batslib_is_caller() {
+  local -i is_mode_direct=1
+
+  # Handle options.
+  while (( $# > 0 )); do
+    case "$1" in
+      -i|--indirect) is_mode_direct=0; shift ;;
+      --) shift; break ;;
+      *) break ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  # Arguments.
+  local -r func="$1"
+
+  # Check call stack.
+  if (( is_mode_direct )); then
+    [[ $func == "${FUNCNAME[2]}" ]] && return 0
+  else
+    local -i depth
+    for (( depth=2; depth<${#FUNCNAME[@]}; ++depth )); do
+      [[ $func == "${FUNCNAME[$depth]}" ]] && return 0
+    done
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+batslib_err() {
+  { if (( $# > 0 )); then
+      echo "$@"
+    else
+      cat -
+    fi
+  } >&2
+}
+
+batslib_count_lines() {
+  local -i n_lines=0
+  local line
+  while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n $line ]]; do
+    (( ++n_lines ))
+  done < <(printf '%s' "$1")
+  echo "$n_lines"
+}
+
+batslib_is_single_line() {
+  for string in "$@"; do
+    (( $(batslib_count_lines "$string") > 1 )) && return 1
+  done
+  return 0
+}
+
+batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width() {
+  local -i max_len=-1
+  while (( $# != 0 )); do
+    local -i key_len="${#1}"
+    batslib_is_single_line "$2" && (( key_len > max_len )) && max_len="$key_len"
+    shift 2
+  done
+  echo "$max_len"
+}
+
+batslib_print_kv_single() {
+  local -ir col_width="$1"; shift
+  while (( $# != 0 )); do
+    printf '%-*s : %s\n' "$col_width" "$1" "$2"
+    shift 2
+  done
+}
+
+batslib_print_kv_multi() {
+  while (( $# != 0 )); do
+    printf '%s (%d lines):\n' "$1" "$( batslib_count_lines "$2" )"
+    printf '%s\n' "$2"
+    shift 2
+  done
+}
+
+batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi() {
+  local -ir width="$1"; shift
+  local -a pairs=( "$@" )
+
+  local -a values=()
+  local -i i
+  for (( i=1; i < ${#pairs[@]}; i+=2 )); do
+    values+=( "${pairs[$i]}" )
+  done
+
+  if batslib_is_single_line "${values[@]}"; then
+    batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${pairs[@]}"
+  else
+    local -i i
+    for (( i=1; i < ${#pairs[@]}; i+=2 )); do
+      pairs[$i]="$( batslib_prefix < <(printf '%s' "${pairs[$i]}") )"
+    done
+    batslib_print_kv_multi "${pairs[@]}"
+  fi
+}
+
+batslib_prefix() {
+  local -r prefix="${1:-  }"
+  local line
+  while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n $line ]]; do
+    printf '%s%s\n' "$prefix" "$line"
+  done
+}
+
+batslib_mark() {
+  local -r symbol="$1"; shift
+  # Sort line numbers.
+  set -- $( sort -nu <<< "$( printf '%d\n' "$@" )" )
+
+  local line
+  local -i idx=0
+  while IFS='' read -r line || [[ -n $line ]]; do
+    if (( ${1:--1} == idx )); then
+      printf '%s\n' "${symbol}${line:${#symbol}}"
+      shift
+    else
+      printf '%s\n' "$line"
+    fi
+    (( ++idx ))
+  done
+}
+
+batslib_decorate() {
+  echo
+  echo "-- $1 --"
+  cat -
+  echo '--'
+  echo
+}
+
+############################################################
+
+assert() {
+  if ! "$@"; then
+    batslib_print_kv_single 10 'expression' "$*" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'assertion failed' \
+    | fail
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_equal() {
+  if [[ $1 != "$2" ]]; then
+    batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 8 \
+    'expected' "$2" \
+    'actual'   "$1" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'values do not equal' \
+    | fail
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_failure() {
+  : "${output?}"
+  : "${status?}"
+
+  (( $# > 0 )) && local -r expected="$1"
+  if (( status == 0 )); then
+    batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 6 'output' "$output" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'command succeeded, but it was expected to fail' \
+    | fail
+  elif (( $# > 0 )) && (( status != expected )); then
+    { local -ir width=8
+      batslib_print_kv_single "$width" \
+      'expected' "$expected" \
+      'actual'   "$status"
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi "$width" \
+      'output' "$output"
+    } \
+    | batslib_decorate 'command failed as expected, but status differs' \
+    | fail
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_line() {
+  local -i is_match_line=0
+  local -i is_mode_partial=0
+  local -i is_mode_regexp=0
+  : "${lines?}"
+
+  # Handle options.
+  while (( $# > 0 )); do
+    case "$1" in
+    -n|--index)
+      if (( $# < 2 )) || ! [[ $2 =~ ^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+        echo "\`--index' requires an integer argument: \`$2'" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: assert_line' \
+        | fail
+        return $?
+      fi
+      is_match_line=1
+      local -ri idx="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    -p|--partial) is_mode_partial=1; shift ;;
+    -e|--regexp) is_mode_regexp=1; shift ;;
+    --) shift; break ;;
+    *) break ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if (( is_mode_partial )) && (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+    echo "\`--partial' and \`--regexp' are mutually exclusive" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: assert_line' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Arguments.
+  local -r expected="$1"
+
+  if (( is_mode_regexp == 1 )) && [[ '' =~ $expected ]] || (( $? == 2 )); then
+    echo "Invalid extended regular expression: \`$expected'" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: assert_line' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Matching.
+  if (( is_match_line )); then
+    # Specific line.
+    if (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+      if ! [[ ${lines[$idx]} =~ $expected ]]; then
+        batslib_print_kv_single 6 \
+        'index' "$idx" \
+        'regexp' "$expected" \
+        'line'  "${lines[$idx]}" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'regular expression does not match line' \
+        | fail
+      fi
+    elif (( is_mode_partial )); then
+      if [[ ${lines[$idx]} != *"$expected"* ]]; then
+        batslib_print_kv_single 9 \
+        'index'     "$idx" \
+        'substring' "$expected" \
+        'line'      "${lines[$idx]}" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'line does not contain substring' \
+        | fail
+      fi
+    else
+      if [[ ${lines[$idx]} != "$expected" ]]; then
+        batslib_print_kv_single 8 \
+        'index'    "$idx" \
+        'expected' "$expected" \
+        'actual'   "${lines[$idx]}" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'line differs' \
+        | fail
+      fi
+    fi
+  else
+    # Contained in output.
+    if (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+      local -i idx
+      for (( idx = 0; idx < ${#lines[@]}; ++idx )); do
+        [[ ${lines[$idx]} =~ $expected ]] && return 0
+      done
+      { local -ar single=( 'regexp' "$expected" )
+        local -ar may_be_multi=( 'output' "$output" )
+        local -ir width="$( batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width "${single[@]}" "${may_be_multi[@]}" )"
+        batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${single[@]}"
+        batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi "$width" "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+      } \
+      | batslib_decorate 'no output line matches regular expression' \
+      | fail
+    elif (( is_mode_partial )); then
+      local -i idx
+      for (( idx = 0; idx < ${#lines[@]}; ++idx )); do
+        [[ ${lines[$idx]} == *"$expected"* ]] && return 0
+      done
+      { local -ar single=( 'substring' "$expected" )
+        local -ar may_be_multi=( 'output' "$output" )
+        local -ir width="$( batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width "${single[@]}" "${may_be_multi[@]}" )"
+        batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${single[@]}"
+        batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi "$width" "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+      } \
+      | batslib_decorate 'no output line contains substring' \
+      | fail
+    else
+      local -i idx
+      for (( idx = 0; idx < ${#lines[@]}; ++idx )); do
+        [[ ${lines[$idx]} == "$expected" ]] && return 0
+      done
+      { local -ar single=( 'line' "$expected" )
+        local -ar may_be_multi=( 'output' "$output" )
+        local -ir width="$( batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width "${single[@]}" "${may_be_multi[@]}" )"
+        batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${single[@]}"
+        batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi "$width" "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+      } \
+      | batslib_decorate 'output does not contain line' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_output() {
+  local -i is_mode_partial=0
+  local -i is_mode_regexp=0
+  local -i is_mode_nonempty=0
+  local -i use_stdin=0
+  : "${output?}"
+
+  # Handle options.
+  if (( $# == 0 )); then
+    is_mode_nonempty=1
+  fi
+
+  while (( $# > 0 )); do
+    case "$1" in
+    -p|--partial) is_mode_partial=1; shift ;;
+    -e|--regexp) is_mode_regexp=1; shift ;;
+    -|--stdin) use_stdin=1; shift ;;
+    --) shift; break ;;
+    *) break ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if (( is_mode_partial )) && (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+    echo "\`--partial' and \`--regexp' are mutually exclusive" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: assert_output' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Arguments.
+  local expected
+  if (( use_stdin )); then
+    expected="$(cat -)"
+  else
+    expected="${1-}"
+  fi
+
+  # Matching.
+  if (( is_mode_nonempty )); then
+    if [ -z "$output" ]; then
+      echo 'expected non-empty output, but output was empty' \
+      | batslib_decorate 'no output' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  elif (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+    if [[ '' =~ $expected ]] || (( $? == 2 )); then
+      echo "Invalid extended regular expression: \`$expected'" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: assert_output' \
+      | fail
+    elif ! [[ $output =~ $expected ]]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 6 \
+      'regexp'  "$expected" \
+      'output' "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'regular expression does not match output' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  elif (( is_mode_partial )); then
+    if [[ $output != *"$expected"* ]]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 9 \
+      'substring' "$expected" \
+      'output'    "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'output does not contain substring' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  else
+    if [[ $output != "$expected" ]]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 8 \
+      'expected' "$expected" \
+      'actual'   "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'output differs' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_success() {
+  : "${output?}"
+  : "${status?}"
+
+  if (( status != 0 )); then
+    { local -ir width=6
+      batslib_print_kv_single "$width" 'status' "$status"
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi "$width" 'output' "$output"
+    } \
+    | batslib_decorate 'command failed' \
+    | fail
+  fi
+}
+
+refute() {
+  if "$@"; then
+    batslib_print_kv_single 10 'expression' "$*" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'assertion succeeded, but it was expected to fail' \
+    | fail
+  fi
+}
+
+refute_line() {
+  local -i is_match_line=0
+  local -i is_mode_partial=0
+  local -i is_mode_regexp=0
+  : "${lines?}"
+
+  # Handle options.
+  while (( $# > 0 )); do
+    case "$1" in
+    -n|--index)
+      if (( $# < 2 )) || ! [[ $2 =~ ^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+        echo "\`--index' requires an integer argument: \`$2'" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: refute_line' \
+        | fail
+        return $?
+      fi
+      is_match_line=1
+      local -ri idx="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    -p|--partial) is_mode_partial=1; shift ;;
+    -e|--regexp) is_mode_regexp=1; shift ;;
+    --) shift; break ;;
+    *) break ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if (( is_mode_partial )) && (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+    echo "\`--partial' and \`--regexp' are mutually exclusive" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: refute_line' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Arguments.
+  local -r unexpected="$1"
+
+  if (( is_mode_regexp == 1 )) && [[ '' =~ $unexpected ]] || (( $? == 2 )); then
+    echo "Invalid extended regular expression: \`$unexpected'" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: refute_line' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Matching.
+  if (( is_match_line )); then
+    # Specific line.
+    if (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+      if [[ ${lines[$idx]} =~ $unexpected ]]; then
+        batslib_print_kv_single 6 \
+        'index' "$idx" \
+        'regexp' "$unexpected" \
+        'line'  "${lines[$idx]}" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'regular expression should not match line' \
+        | fail
+      fi
+    elif (( is_mode_partial )); then
+      if [[ ${lines[$idx]} == *"$unexpected"* ]]; then
+        batslib_print_kv_single 9 \
+        'index'     "$idx" \
+        'substring' "$unexpected" \
+        'line'      "${lines[$idx]}" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'line should not contain substring' \
+        | fail
+      fi
+    else
+      if [[ ${lines[$idx]} == "$unexpected" ]]; then
+        batslib_print_kv_single 5 \
+        'index' "$idx" \
+        'line'  "${lines[$idx]}" \
+        | batslib_decorate 'line should differ' \
+        | fail
+      fi
+    fi
+  else
+    # Line contained in output.
+    if (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+      local -i idx
+      for (( idx = 0; idx < ${#lines[@]}; ++idx )); do
+        if [[ ${lines[$idx]} =~ $unexpected ]]; then
+          { local -ar single=( 'regexp' "$unexpected" 'index' "$idx" )
+            local -a may_be_multi=( 'output' "$output" )
+            local -ir width="$( batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width "${single[@]}" "${may_be_multi[@]}" )"
+            batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${single[@]}"
+            if batslib_is_single_line "${may_be_multi[1]}"; then
+              batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+            else
+              may_be_multi[1]="$( printf '%s' "${may_be_multi[1]}" | batslib_prefix | batslib_mark '>' "$idx" )"
+              batslib_print_kv_multi "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+            fi
+          } \
+          | batslib_decorate 'no line should match the regular expression' \
+          | fail
+          return $?
+        fi
+      done
+    elif (( is_mode_partial )); then
+      local -i idx
+      for (( idx = 0; idx < ${#lines[@]}; ++idx )); do
+        if [[ ${lines[$idx]} == *"$unexpected"* ]]; then
+          { local -ar single=( 'substring' "$unexpected" 'index' "$idx" )
+            local -a may_be_multi=( 'output' "$output" )
+            local -ir width="$( batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width "${single[@]}" "${may_be_multi[@]}" )"
+            batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${single[@]}"
+            if batslib_is_single_line "${may_be_multi[1]}"; then
+              batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+            else
+              may_be_multi[1]="$( printf '%s' "${may_be_multi[1]}" | batslib_prefix | batslib_mark '>' "$idx" )"
+              batslib_print_kv_multi "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+            fi
+          } \
+          | batslib_decorate 'no line should contain substring' \
+          | fail
+          return $?
+        fi
+      done
+    else
+      local -i idx
+      for (( idx = 0; idx < ${#lines[@]}; ++idx )); do
+        if [[ ${lines[$idx]} == "$unexpected" ]]; then
+          { local -ar single=( 'line' "$unexpected" 'index' "$idx" )
+            local -a may_be_multi=( 'output' "$output" )
+            local -ir width="$( batslib_get_max_single_line_key_width "${single[@]}" "${may_be_multi[@]}" )"
+            batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${single[@]}"
+            if batslib_is_single_line "${may_be_multi[1]}"; then
+              batslib_print_kv_single "$width" "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+            else
+              may_be_multi[1]="$( printf '%s' "${may_be_multi[1]}" | batslib_prefix | batslib_mark '>' "$idx" )"
+              batslib_print_kv_multi "${may_be_multi[@]}"
+            fi
+          } \
+          | batslib_decorate 'line should not be in output' \
+          | fail
+          return $?
+        fi
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+refute_output() {
+  local -i is_mode_partial=0
+  local -i is_mode_regexp=0
+  local -i is_mode_empty=0
+  local -i use_stdin=0
+  : "${output?}"
+
+  # Handle options.
+  if (( $# == 0 )); then
+    is_mode_empty=1
+  fi
+
+  while (( $# > 0 )); do
+    case "$1" in
+    -p|--partial) is_mode_partial=1; shift ;;
+    -e|--regexp) is_mode_regexp=1; shift ;;
+    -|--stdin) use_stdin=1; shift ;;
+    --) shift; break ;;
+    *) break ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if (( is_mode_partial )) && (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+    echo "\`--partial' and \`--regexp' are mutually exclusive" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: refute_output' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Arguments.
+  local unexpected
+  if (( use_stdin )); then
+    unexpected="$(cat -)"
+  else
+    unexpected="${1-}"
+  fi
+
+  if (( is_mode_regexp == 1 )) && [[ '' =~ $unexpected ]] || (( $? == 2 )); then
+    echo "Invalid extended regular expression: \`$unexpected'" \
+    | batslib_decorate 'ERROR: refute_output' \
+    | fail
+    return $?
+  fi
+
+  # Matching.
+  if (( is_mode_empty )); then
+    if [ -n "$output" ]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 6 \
+      'output' "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'output non-empty, but expected no output' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  elif (( is_mode_regexp )); then
+    if [[ $output =~ $unexpected ]]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 6 \
+      'regexp'  "$unexpected" \
+      'output' "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'regular expression should not match output' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  elif (( is_mode_partial )); then
+    if [[ $output == *"$unexpected"* ]]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 9 \
+      'substring' "$unexpected" \
+      'output'    "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'output should not contain substring' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  else
+    if [[ $output == "$unexpected" ]]; then
+      batslib_print_kv_single_or_multi 6 \
+      'output' "$output" \
+      | batslib_decorate 'output equals, but it was expected to differ' \
+      | fail
+    fi
+  fi
+}

bash/proverb/proverb.bats

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+load bats-extra
+
+# local version: 1.1.0.1
+
+@test "zero pieces" {
+    #[[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=""
+    run bash proverb.sh
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+@test "one piece" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+And all for the want of a nail.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh nail
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+@test "two pieces" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
+And all for the want of a nail.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh nail shoe
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+@test "three pieces" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
+For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
+And all for the want of a nail.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh nail shoe horse
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+
+@test "full proverb" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
+For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
+For want of a horse the rider was lost.
+For want of a rider the message was lost.
+For want of a message the battle was lost.
+For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
+And all for the want of a nail.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh nail shoe horse rider message battle kingdom
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+@test "four pieces modernized" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+For want of a pin the gun was lost.
+For want of a gun the soldier was lost.
+For want of a soldier the battle was lost.
+And all for the want of a pin.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh pin gun soldier battle
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+# bash-specific tests: Focus the student's attention on the effects of 
+# word splitting and filename expansion:
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Shell-Expansions
+
+@test "items with whitespace" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+For want of a rusty nail the horse shoe was lost.
+And all for the want of a rusty nail.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh "rusty nail" "horse shoe"
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}
+
+@test "shell globbing character" {
+    [[ $BATS_RUN_SKIPPED == "true" ]] || skip
+    expected=$(cat <<END
+For want of a quotes the * was lost.
+And all for the want of a quotes.
+END
+)
+    run bash proverb.sh quotes "*"
+    assert_success
+    assert_output "$expected"
+}

bash/proverb/proverb.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+inputs=("$@")
+length=${#inputs[@]}
+last_index=$((length - 1))
+
+# Loop through the 'inputs' array, excluding the last element
+for ((i=0; i<last_index; i++)); do
+  current=${inputs[i]}
+  next=${inputs[i+1]}
+
+  # Check if the current element is empty
+  if [[ -z $current ]]; then
+    echo "And all for the want of a $next."
+  else
+    echo "For want of a $current the $next was lost."
+  fi
+done
+
+# Check if the first element is empty
+if [[ -z ${inputs[0]} ]]; then
+  echo ""
+else
+  echo "And all for the want of a ${inputs[0]}."
+fi