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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.parquet.cli;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.apache.parquet.Version;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class CliBehaviorTest extends CliTestBase {
+
+  @Test
+  void printsVersion() throws Exception {
+    CliResult result = cli("version");
+
+    assertThat(result.exitCode()).isZero();
+    assertThat(result.output()).isEqualTo(Version.FULL_VERSION);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void rejectsUnknownCommand() throws Exception {
+    CliResult result = cli("not-a-command");
+
+    assertThat(result.exitCode()).isNotZero();
+    assertThat(result.output()).contains("not-a-command");
+  }
+}