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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Verify "ostree admin kargs edit-in-place" works
+
+set -xeuo pipefail
+
+. ${KOLA_EXT_DATA}/libinsttest.sh
+
+sudo ostree admin kargs edit-in-place --append-if-missing=testarg
+assert_file_has_content /boot/loader/entries/ostree-* testarg
+
+echo "ok test `kargs edit-in-place --append-if-missing`"