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+import {NightwatchBrowser} from 'nightwatch'
+
+const testsBash = {
+  before: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser, done: VoidFunction) {
+    done()
+  },
+  open: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="openFolderButton"]', 10000).click('*[data-id="openFolderButton"]')
+  },
+  'open xterm linux and create a file': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="tabXTerm"]', 10000)
+      .click('*[data-id="tabXTerm"]')
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-type="remixUIXT"]', 10000)
+      .click('*[data-type="remixUIXT"]')
+      .perform(function () {
+        const actions = this.actions({async: true})
+        return actions.sendKeys('mkdir dir && cd dir && echo "test" >> example.txt').sendKeys(this.Keys.ENTER)
+      })
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="treeViewLitreeViewItemdir"]', 10000)
+      .openFile('dir')
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="treeViewLitreeViewItemdir/example.txt"]', 10000)
+      .openFile('dir/example.txt')
+      .getEditorValue((result) => {
+        browser.assert.equal(result, 'test\n')
+      })
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-type="remixUIXT"]', 10000)
+      .click('*[data-type="remixUIXT"]')
+      .perform(function () {
+        const actions = this.actions({async: true})
+        return actions.sendKeys('echo "123" >> example.txt').sendKeys(this.Keys.ENTER)
+      })
+      .pause(1000)
+      .getEditorValue((result) => {
+        browser.assert.equal(result, 'test\n123\n')
+      })
+      .setEditorValue('somethinginthere')
+      .pause(1000)
+      .perform(function () {
+        const actions = this.actions({async: true})
+        return actions.sendKeys('cat example.txt').sendKeys(this.Keys.ENTER)
+      })
+      .getText(
+        {
+          selector: "//*[@data-type='remixUIXT' and @data-active='1']",
+          timeout: 10000,
+          locateStrategy: 'xpath',
+        },
+        function (result) {
+          console.log('Text content of the element:', result.value)
+          browser.assert.ok((result.value as string).includes('somethinginthere'))
+        }
+      )
+  },
+}
+
+const testsWindows = {
+  before: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser, done: VoidFunction) {
+   done()
+  },
+  open: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser.waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="openFolderButton"]', 10000).click('*[data-id="openFolderButton"]')
+  },
+  'open xterm window and create a file': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="tabXTerm"]', 10000)
+      .click('*[data-id="tabXTerm"]')
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="select_shell"]')
+      .click('*[data-id="select_shell"]')
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="select_powershell.exe"]')
+      .click('*[data-id="select_powershell.exe"]')
+      .pause(3000)
+      .waitForElementVisible("[data-active='1'][data-type='remixUIXT']", 10000)
+      .click("[data-active='1'][data-type='remixUIXT']")
+      .pause(1000)
+      .perform(function () {
+        const actions = this.actions({async: true})
+        return actions.sendKeys('New-Item -ItemType Directory -Name "dir" && Set-Location -Path "./dir" && "test" | Out-File -FilePath example.txt').sendKeys(this.Keys.ENTER)
+      })
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="treeViewLitreeViewItemdir"]', 10000)
+      .openFile('dir')
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="treeViewLitreeViewItemdir/example.txt"]', 10000)
+      .openFile('dir/example.txt')
+      .getEditorValue((result) => {
+        browser.assert.equal(result, 'test\n')
+      })
+      .waitForElementVisible('*[data-type="remixUIXT"]', 10000)
+      .click('*[data-type="remixUIXT"]')
+      .perform(function () {
+        const actions = this.actions({async: true})
+        return actions.sendKeys('"123" | Out-File -FilePath "example.txt" -Append').sendKeys(this.Keys.ENTER)
+      })
+      .pause(1000)
+      .getEditorValue((result) => {
+        browser.assert.equal(result, 'test\n123\n')
+      })
+      .setEditorValue('somethinginthere')
+      .pause(1000)
+      .perform(function () {
+        const actions = this.actions({async: true})
+        return actions.sendKeys('Get-Content example.txt').sendKeys(this.Keys.ENTER)
+      })
+      .getText(
+        {
+          selector: "//*[@data-type='remixUIXT' and @data-active='1']",
+          timeout: 10000,
+          locateStrategy: 'xpath',
+        },
+        function (result) {
+          console.log('Text content of the element:', result.value)
+          browser.assert.ok((result.value as string).includes('somethinginthere'))
+        }
+      )
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  ...process.platform.startsWith('win')?testsWindows:testsBash
+}
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