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+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+
+import {
+  forceRunAsync,
+  runAsync,
+  runSync
+} from '../../lib/run.js';
+
+describe('runSync', () => {
+  it('echo test', () => {
+    const test = runSync('echo', ['test']).trim();
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      test,
+      'test',
+      'should run a sync cmd and return stdout'
+    );
+  });
+  it('missing cmd', () => {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => { runSync('./not-a-cmd'); },
+      /ENOENT/,
+      'should throw an error'
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('runAsync', () => {
+  it('echo test', async() => {
+    const test =
+      (await runAsync('echo', ['test'], { captureStdout: true })).trim();
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      test,
+      'test',
+      'should run an async cmd and return stdout'
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('forceRunAsync', () => {
+  it('echo test', async() => {
+    const test =
+      await forceRunAsync('echo', ['test'], { captureStdout: true });
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      test.trim(),
+      'test',
+      'should run an async cmd and return stdout'
+    );
+  });
+  it('missing cmd', async() => {
+    assert.rejects(
+      forceRunAsync('./not-a-cmd'),
+      /ENOENT/,
+      'should throw an error'
+    );
+  });
+});