diff --git a/apps/wolfsshd/test/sshd_x509_test.sh b/apps/wolfsshd/test/sshd_x509_test.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# sshd local test
+
+PWD=`pwd`
+cd ../../..
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ] || [ -z "$3" ]; then
+    echo "expecting host, port and user as arguments"
+    echo "./sshd_x509_text.sh 127.0.0.1 22222 user"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+TEST_CLIENT="./examples/client/client"
+PRIVATE_KEY="./keys/$3-key.der"
+PUBLIC_KEY="./keys/$3-cert.der"
+CA_CERT="./keys/ca-cert-ecc.der"
+
+set -e
+echo "$TEST_CLIENT -c 'pwd' -u $3 -i $PRIVATE_KEY -J $PUBLIC_KEY -A $CA_CERT -h \"$1\" -p \"$2\""
+$TEST_CLIENT -c 'pwd' -u $3 -i "$PRIVATE_KEY" -J "$PUBLIC_KEY" -A "$CA_CERT" -h "$1" -p "$2"
+set +e
+
+#rm -f error.txt
+#echo "$TEST_CLIENT -c 'ls error' -u $3 -i $PRIVATE_KEY -J $PUBLIC_KEY -A $CA_CERT -h \"$1\" -p \"$2\" 2> error.txt"
+#$TEST_CLIENT -c 'ls error' -u $3 -i "$PRIVATE_KEY" -J "$PUBLIC_KEY" -A "$CA_CERT" -h "$1" -p "$2" 2> error.txt
+#
+## check stderr output was caught
+#if [ ! -s error.txt ]; then
+#    echo "No stderr data was found when expected!!"
+#    cd $PWD
+#    exit 1
+#fi
+
+cd $PWD
+exit 0
+
+