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+use std::{
+    env, fs,
+    io::prelude::*,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
+
+use ouch::{cli::Command, commands::run};
+use rand::random;
+use tempdir::TempDir;
+
+#[test]
+/// Tests each format that supports multiple files with random input.
+/// TODO: test the remaining formats.
+/// TODO2: Fix testing of .tar.zip and .zip.zip
+fn test_each_format() {
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar.gz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar.bz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar.bz2");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar.xz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar.lz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("tar.lzma");
+    // test_compression_and_decompression("tar.zip");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip.gz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip.bz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip.bz2");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip.xz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip.lz");
+    test_compression_and_decompression("zip.lzma");
+    // test_compression_and_decompression("zip.zip");
+}
+
+type FileContent = Vec<u8>;
+
+fn test_compression_and_decompression(format: &str) {
+    // System temporary directory depends on the platform
+    // For linux it is /tmp
+    let system_tmp = env::temp_dir();
+    // Create a folder that will be deleted on drop
+    let testing_dir = String::from("ouch-testing-") + format;
+    let testing_dir = TempDir::new_in(system_tmp, &testing_dir).expect("Could not create tempdir");
+    let testing_dir = testing_dir.path();
+
+    // Quantity of compressed files vary from 1 to 10
+    let quantity_of_files = random::<u32>() % 10 + 1;
+
+    let contents_of_files: Vec<FileContent> =
+        (0..quantity_of_files).map(|_| generate_random_file_content()).collect();
+
+    let mut file_paths = create_files(&testing_dir, &contents_of_files);
+    let archive_path = compress_files(&testing_dir, &file_paths, &format);
+    let mut extracted_paths = extract_files(&archive_path);
+
+    // // If you want to visualize the compressed and extracted files before auto-destruction:
+    // std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(40));
+
+    file_paths.sort();
+    extracted_paths.sort();
+
+    compare_paths(&file_paths, &extracted_paths);
+    compare_file_contents(&extracted_paths, &contents_of_files);
+}
+
+// Crate file contents from 1024 up to 8192 random bytes
+fn generate_random_file_content() -> FileContent {
+    let quantity = 1024 + random::<u32>() % (8192 - 1024);
+    (0..quantity).map(|_| random()).collect()
+}
+
+// Create files using the indexes as file names (eg. 0, 1, 2 and 3)
+// Returns the paths
+fn create_files(at: &Path, contents: &[FileContent]) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    contents
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(i, content)| {
+            let path = at.join(i.to_string());
+            let mut file = fs::File::create(&path).expect("Could not create dummy test file");
+            file.write_all(content).expect("Could not write to dummy test file");
+            path
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn compress_files(at: &Path, paths_to_compress: &[PathBuf], format: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let archive_path = String::from("archive.") + format;
+    let archive_path = at.join(archive_path);
+
+    let command = Command::Compress {
+        files: paths_to_compress.to_vec(),
+        compressed_output_path: archive_path.to_path_buf(),
+    };
+    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to compress test dummy files");
+
+    archive_path
+}
+
+fn extract_files(archive_path: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    // We will extract in the same folder as the archive
+    // If the archive is at:
+    //   /tmp/ouch-testing-tar.Rbq4DusBrtF8/archive.tar
+    // Then the extraction_output_folder will be:
+    //   /tmp/ouch-testing-tar.Rbq4DusBrtF8/extraction_results/
+    let mut extraction_output_folder = archive_path.to_path_buf();
+    // Remove the name of the extracted archive
+    assert!(extraction_output_folder.pop());
+    // Add the suffix "results"
+    extraction_output_folder.push("extraction_results");
+
+    let command = Command::Decompress {
+        files: vec![archive_path.to_owned()],
+        output_folder: Some(extraction_output_folder.clone()),
+    };
+    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to extract");
+
+    fs::read_dir(extraction_output_folder)
+        .unwrap()
+        .map(Result::unwrap)
+        .map(|entry| entry.path())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn compare_paths(original: &[PathBuf], extracted: &[PathBuf]) {
+    assert_eq!(original.len(), extracted.len());
+    for (original, extracted) in original.iter().zip(extracted) {
+        assert_eq!(original.file_name(), extracted.file_name());
+    }
+}
+
+fn compare_file_contents(extracted: &[PathBuf], contents: &[FileContent]) {
+    for (extracted_path, expected_content) in extracted.iter().zip(contents) {
+        let read_content = fs::read(extracted_path).expect("Failed to read from file");
+        assert_eq!(&read_content, expected_content);
+    }
+}