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+#
+# Cmd2 unit/functional testing
+#
+# Copyright 2016 Federico Ceratto <federico.ceratto@gmail.com>
+# Released under MIT license, see LICENSE file
+
+from pytest import fixture
+
+import cmd2
+
+
+class StdOut(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.clear()
+
+    def write(self, s):
+        self.buffer += s
+
+    def read(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.buffer = ''
+
+
+def _normalize(block):
+    # normalize a block of text to perform comparison
+    assert isinstance(block, str)
+    block = block.strip('\n')
+    return [line.rstrip() for line in block.splitlines()]
+
+
+def run_cmd(app, cmd):
+    app.stdout.clear()
+    app.onecmd_plus_hooks(cmd)
+    out = app.stdout.buffer
+    app.stdout.clear()
+    return _normalize(out)
+
+
+@fixture
+def base_app():
+    c = cmd2.Cmd()
+    c.stdout = StdOut()
+    return c