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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load helpers
+
+function teardown() {
+	cleanup_test
+}
+
+@test "ctr remove" {
+	# this test requires docker, thus it can't yet be run in a container
+	if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then # instead of $TRAVIS, add a function is_containerized to skip here
+		skip "cannot yet run this test in a container, use sudo make localintegration"
+	fi
+
+	start_ocid
+	run ocic pod create --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	echo "$output"
+	pod_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr create --config "$TESTDATA"/container_redis.json --pod "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr start --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic ctr remove --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic pod stop --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	stop_ocid
+	cleanup_pods
+}