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rename from UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.bash
rename to UNIT_TESTS/OLD/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.bash
diff --git a/UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.forked.bash b/UNIT_TESTS/OLD/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.forked.bash
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rename from UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.forked.bash
rename to UNIT_TESTS/OLD/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.forked.bash
diff --git a/UNIT_TESTS/OLD/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash.old b/UNIT_TESTS/OLD/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash.old
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/UNIT_TESTS/OLD/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash.old
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#testDir='/usr'
+useRamdiskFlag=true
+
+################################################################################
+
+: "${testDir:=/usr}" "${useRamdiskFlag:=false}"
+
+[[ ${useRamdiskFlag} == 'true' ]] || useRamdiskFlag=false
+[[ -d "${testDir}" ]] || { printf '\n\nERROR: can not access "%s". Perhaps due to permissions issues?\n\nABORTING\n\n' "${testDir}"; exit 1; }
+
+unset forkrun
+{ [[ -f ./forkrun.bash ]] && source  ./forkrun.bash; }
+declare -F forkrun &>/dev/null || source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkool702/forkrun/main/forkrun.bash)
+declare -F forkrun &>/dev/null || { [[ -f ./forkrun.bash ]] && source ./forkrun.bash; }
+
+which nproc 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null && nProcs=$(nproc) || nProcs=8
+
+if ${useRamdiskFlag}; then
+	mkdir -p /mnt/ramdisk/
+	grep -qF '/mnt/ramdisk' <<</proc/mounts || mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
+
+    mkdir -p /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data
+	rsync -a --max-size=$((1<<20)) "${testDir}" /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data
+
+	mapfile -t -d '' A < <(find /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data -type f -print0)
+else
+	mapfile -t -d '' A < <(find "${testDir}" -type f -print0)
+fi
+
+fStr=('printf '"'"'%s\n'"'" sha1sum sha256sum)
+kStr=('' '-k')
+
+kFix=('| sort' '')
+fFix=('' '| sed -E s/'"'"'^[0-9a-f]{40}[ \t]*'"'"'//' '| sed -E s/'"'"'^[0-9a-f]{64}[ \t]*'"'"'//')
+
+mapfile -t runArgsA < <(echo {-k\ ,}{-j\ 27\ ,}{-l\ 1\ ,}{-t\ \/tmp\ ,}{-D\ ,}{"${fStr[$fInd]}"\ ,--\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ ,-i\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ \{\}\ ,-i\ --\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ \{\}\ }$'\n')
+
+for nArgs in $(( ${nProcs} - 2 )) $(( ${nProcs} + 2 )) $(( ${nProcs} * 128 )) $(( ${nProcs} * 1024 )) ; do
+	printf  '--------------------------------------------------\nBEGINNING TEST CASE FOR STDIN LENGTH = %s\n\n' "${nArgs[$nn]}"
+
+	for fInd in 0 1 2; do 
+		mapfile -t C < <(printf '%s\x00' "${A[@]}" | shuf -z -n ${nArgs});
+		for runArgs in "${runArgsA[@]}"; do
+
+			[[ "${runArgs}" == '-k'* ]] && kInd=1 || kInd=0
+
+			source <(printf '%s' \(\ \{\ diff\ 2\>/dev/null\ -q\ -B\ -E\ -Z\ -d\ -a\ -b\ -w\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ "${fFix[$fInd]}"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\ \)\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\)\ \&\&\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"PASS\"\ \|\|\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"FAIL\"\;\ printf\ \'\:\ %s\\n\'\ \'printf\ \'\"\'\"\'%s\\n\'\"\'\"\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\'\;\ \}\ \|\ tee\ -a\ /tmp/.forkrun.log\;\ \)$'\n';)
+
+			source <(printf '%s' \(\ \{\ diff\ 2\>/dev/null\ -q\ -B\ -E\ -Z\ -d\ -a\ -b\ -w\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\x00\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ -z\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ "${fFix[$fInd]}"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\ \)\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\)\ \&\&\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"PASS\"\ \|\|\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"FAIL\"\;\ printf\ \'\:\ %s\\n\'\ \'printf\ \'\"\'\"\'%s\\0\'\"\'\"\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ -z\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\'\;\ \}\ \|\ tee\ -a\ /tmp/.forkrun.log\;\ \)$'\n';)
+		done
+	done
+done
diff --git a/UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash b/UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash
index 07824af..174e07c 100755
--- a/UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash
+++ b/UNIT_TESTS/forkrun.unit-tests.sorting.new.bash
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ which nproc 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null && nProcs=$(nproc) || nProcs=8
 
 if ${useRamdiskFlag}; then
 	mkdir -p /mnt/ramdisk/
-	cat /proc/mounts | grep -F '/mnt/ramdisk' || mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
+	grep -qF '/mnt/ramdisk' <<</proc/mounts || mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
 
     mkdir -p /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data
-	rsync -a --max-size=$((2<<20)) "${testDir}" /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data
+	rsync -a --max-size=$((1<<20)) "${testDir}" /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data
 
 	mapfile -t -d '' A < <(find /mnt/ramdisk/forkrun_unit-tests_data -type f -print0)
 else
 	mapfile -t -d '' A < <(find "${testDir}" -type f -print0)
 fi
 
-fStr=('printf '"'"'%\n'"'" sha1sum sha256sum)
+fStr=('printf '"'"'%s\n'"'" sha1sum sha256sum)
 kStr=('' '-k')
 
 kFix=('| sort' '')
@@ -37,14 +37,19 @@ fFix=('' '| sed -E s/'"'"'^[0-9a-f]{40}[ \t]*'"'"'//' '| sed -E s/'"'"'^[0-9a-f]
 
 mapfile -t runArgsA < <(echo {-k\ ,}{-j\ 27\ ,}{-l\ 1\ ,}{-t\ \/tmp\ ,}{-D\ ,}{"${fStr[$fInd]}"\ ,--\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ ,-i\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ \{\}\ ,-i\ --\ "${fStr[$fInd]}"\ \{\}\ }$'\n')
 
-for nArgs in $(( ${nProcs} * 1024 )) $(( ${nProcs} * 128 )) $(( ${nProcs} + 2 )) $(( ${nProcs} - 2 )); do
+for nArgs in $(( ${nProcs} - 2 )) $(( ${nProcs} + 2 )) $(( ${nProcs} * 128 )) $(( ${nProcs} * 1024 )) ; do
+	printf  '\n\n--------------------------------------------------\nBEGINNING TEST CASE FOR STDIN LENGTH = %s\n\n' "${nArgs[$nn]}"
+
 	for fInd in 0 1 2; do 
+		mapfile -t -d '' C < <(printf '%s\x00' "${A[@]}" | shuf -z -n ${nArgs});
 		for runArgs in "${runArgsA[@]}"; do
 
 			[[ "${runArgs}" == '-k'* ]] && kInd=1 || kInd=0
 
-			source <(printf '%s' \(\ mapfile\ -t\ C\ \<\(IFS=\$\'\\n\'\;\ shuf\ -n\ ${nArgs}\ \<\<\<\"\$\{A\[\*\]\}\"\)\;\ \{\ diff\ 2\>/dev/null\ -q\ -B\ -E\ -Z\ -d\ -a\ -b\ -w\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fFix[$fInd]}"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\ \)\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\)\ \&\&\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"PASS\"\ \|\|\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"FAIL\"\;\ printf \': %s\\n\'\ \'printf\ \'\"\'\"\'%s\\n\'\"\'\"\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ "${runArgs}"\;\ \}\ \|\ tee -a /tmp/.forkrun.log\;\ \)$'\n';)
+			source <(printf '%s' \(\ \{\ diff\ 2\>/dev/null\ -q\ -B\ -E\ -Z\ -d\ -a\ -b\ -w\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fFix[$fInd]}"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\ \)\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\)\ \&\&\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"PASS\"\ \|\|\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"FAIL\"\;\ printf\ \'\:\ %s\\n\'\ \'printf\ \'\"\'\"\'%s\\n\'\"\'\"\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ "${runArgs}"\ \'\;\ \}\ \|\ tee\ -a\ /tmp/.forkrun.log\;\ \)$'\n';)
 
+			source <(printf '%s' \(\ \{\ diff\ 2\>/dev/null\ -q\ -B\ -E\ -Z\ -d\ -a\ -b\ -w\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\x00\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ -z\ "${runArgs}"\ "${fFix[$fInd]}"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\ \)\ \<\(printf\ \'%s\\n\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ "${kFix[$kInd]}"\)\ \&\&\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"PASS\"\ \|\|\ printf\ \'%s\'\ \"FAIL\"\;\ printf\ \'\:\ %s\\n\'\ \'printf\ \'\"\'\"\'%s\\0\'\"\'\"\'\ \"\$\{C\[@\]\}\"\ \|\ forkrun\ 2\>/dev/null\ -z\ "${runArgs}"\ \'\;\ \}\ \|\ tee\ -a\ /tmp/.forkrun.log\;\ \)$'\n';)
 		done
 	done
 done
+