diff --git a/test b/test
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+++ b/test
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Copyright 2016-2026 The Hush developers
+# Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use 5.010;
+
+my $flags = $ENV{TEST_FLAGS} || '--tracerpc';
+my $test_dir = './qa/rpc-tests';
+
+$ENV{PYTHONPATH} = "./qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/";
+#$ENV{PYTHON_DEBUG} = 1;
+
+my @tests_to_run = qw{
+    lockzins.py
+    shieldcoinbase_donation.py
+};
+
+my $exit = 0;
+my $failed_tests = 0;
+my $time=time();
+my $num_tests = @tests_to_run;
+
+print "# Running $num_tests tests";
+for my $test (@tests_to_run) {
+    # send both stderr+stdout to our output file
+    my $cmd = "$test_dir/$test $flags 1>test-$time.txt 2>&1";
+    system($cmd);
+
+    print ".";
+
+    if($?) {
+        say "$cmd FAILED!";
+        $exit = 1;
+        $failed_tests++;
+    }
+}
+print "\n";
+
+if ($exit) {
+    say "FAIL! Number of failed tests: $failed_tests . Details in test-$time.txt";
+} else {
+    say "PASS!";
+}
+exit($exit);
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2016-2025 The Hush developers
-# Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
-
-#export PYTHON_DEBUG=1
-export PYTHONPATH=./qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/
-
-#./qa/rpc-tests/ac_private.py
-# ./qa/rpc-tests/lockzins.py --tracerpc
- ./qa/rpc-tests/shieldcoinbase_donation.py --tracerpc