diff --git a/tests/tests.sh b/tests/tests.sh
index 30fa76a8..817d390a 100644
--- a/tests/tests.sh
+++ b/tests/tests.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ INPUT_URL_3='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapping-commons/sssom-py/master/t
 OUTPUT_DIR='tests/tmp/'
 QUERY_1="SELECT * FROM df1 WHERE confidence>0.5 ORDER BY confidence"
 
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
+
+echo "Testing parse..."
 sssom parse $INPUT_FILE_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/parsed_basic_file.tsv --input-format tsv --prefix-map-mode merged
 sssom parse $INPUT_URL_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/parsed_basic_url.tsv --input-format tsv --prefix-map-mode merged
 
+echo "Testing split..."
 sssom split $INPUT_FILE_1 --output-directory $OUTPUT_DIR
 sssom split $INPUT_URL_1 --output-directory $OUTPUT_DIR
 
+echo "Testing convert..."
 sssom convert $INPUT_FILE_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/converted_basic_file.tsv --output-format tsv
 sssom convert $INPUT_URL_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/converted_basic_url.tsv --output-format tsv
 
@@ -24,13 +29,15 @@ do
   sssom convert $INPUT_URL_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/converted_basic_url.$fmt --output-format $fmt
 done
 
-
+echo "Testing validate..."
 sssom validate $INPUT_FILE_1
 sssom validate $INPUT_URL_1
 
-sssom ptable $INPUT_FILE_1
-sssom ptable $INPUT_URL_1
+echo "Testing ptable..."
+sssom ptable $INPUT_FILE_1 > $OUTPUT_DIR/basic_file_ptable.tsv
+sssom ptable $INPUT_URL_1 > $OUTPUT_DIR/basic_url_ptable.tsv
 
+echo "Testing dedupe..."
 sssom dedupe $INPUT_FILE_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/deduped_basic_file.tsv
 sssom dedupe $INPUT_URL_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/deduped_basic_url.tsv
 
@@ -39,20 +46,26 @@ sssom dedupe $INPUT_URL_1 --output $OUTPUT_DIR/deduped_basic_url.tsv
 
 # sssom sparql 
 
+echo "Testing diff..."
 sssom diff $INPUT_FILE_1 $INPUT_FILE_2 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/diff_output_file.tsv
 sssom diff $INPUT_URL_1 $INPUT_URL_2 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/diff_output_url.tsv
 
+echo "Testing partition..."
 sssom partition -d $OUTPUT_DIR $INPUT_FILE_1 $INPUT_FILE_2 
 sssom partition -d $OUTPUT_DIR $INPUT_URL_1 $INPUT_URL_2
 
+echo "Testing cliquesummary..."
 sssom cliquesummary $INPUT_FILE_1 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/cliquesummary_output_file.tsv
 sssom cliquesummary $INPUT_URL_1 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/cliquesummary_output_url.tsv
 
+echo "Testing crosstab..."
 sssom crosstab $INPUT_FILE_1 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/crosstab_output_file.tsv
 sssom crosstab $INPUT_URL_1 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/crosstab_output_url.tsv
 
+echo "Testing correlations..."
 sssom correlations $INPUT_FILE_1 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/correlation_output_file.tsv
 sssom correlations $INPUT_URL_1 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/correlation_output_url.tsv
 
+echo "Testing merge..."
 sssom merge $INPUT_FILE_1 $INPUT_FILE_2 $INPUT_FILE_3 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/merged_msdf_file.tsv
 sssom merge $INPUT_URL_1 $INPUT_URL_2 $INPUT_URL_3 -o $OUTPUT_DIR/merged_msdf_url.tsv
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