--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test_console_scripts.py	Sat Jun 24 12:03:39 2017 -0700
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+test console scripts
+"""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+from globalneighbors import main
+
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+data = os.path.join(here, 'data')
+
+
+class TestConsoleScripts(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    # path to full data
+    full_tsv = os.path.join(data, 'cities1000.txt')
+
+    def test_main(self):
+        """test main API"""
+
+        assert os.path.exists(self.full_tsv)
+        main.main(args=[self.full_tsv])
+
+    def test_subprocess(self):
+        """
+        test invoking `global-neighbors`
+        as a subprocess
+        """
+        # TODO
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()