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+## Description
+
+Test that a warning is given in case a cmdline option was provided but no runmode was specified.
+
+### Ticket
+
+https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/5711
diff --git a/tests/runmode-warn-5711/blah.rules b/tests/runmode-warn-5711/blah.rules
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+# Nothing to see here. Just a placeholder.
diff --git a/tests/runmode-warn-5711/test.yaml b/tests/runmode-warn-5711/test.yaml
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+requires:
+  min-version: 9
+
+pcap: false
+command: |
+  ${SRCDIR}/src/suricata -S ${TEST_DIR}/blah.rules
+
+exit-code: 1
+
+checks:
+  - shell:
+      args: grep "Please specify a runmode or capture option. Use --list-runmodes to see available runmodes." stdout | wc -l
+      expect: 1