diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c6f2e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote	
@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+die () { echo $@ ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+
+cleanup() {
+  unset -f nvm_download
+}
+
+. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+# sample output at the time the test was written
+nvm_download() {
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.22'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.22'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.23'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.23'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.24'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.24'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.25'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.25'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.26'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.26'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.27'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.27'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.28'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.28'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.29'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.29'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.30'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.30'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.31'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.31'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.32'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.32'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.11.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.7.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.22'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.22'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.23'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.23'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.24'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.24'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.25'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.25'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.26'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.26'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.27'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.27'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.28'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.28'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.8.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.9.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.100'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.100'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.101'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.101'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.102'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.102'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.103'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.103'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.104'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.104'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.15'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.16'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.17'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.18'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.19'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.20'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.21'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.22'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.22'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.23'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.23'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.24'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.24'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.25'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.25'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.26'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.26'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.27'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.27'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.28'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.28'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.29'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.29'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.30'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.30'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.31'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.31'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.32'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.32'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.33'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.33'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.90'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.90'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.91'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.91'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.92'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.92'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.93'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.93'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.94'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.94'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.95'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.95'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.96'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.96'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.97'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.97'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.98'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.98'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.99'
+  echo 'foo "v0.1.99'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.10.14'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.2.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.3.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.4.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.5.0'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.1'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.10'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.11'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.12'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.13'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.2'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.3'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.4'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.5'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.6'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.7'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.8'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.9'
+  echo 'foo "v0.6.9'
+}
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_ls_remote foo)"
+EXIT_CODE="$(nvm_ls_remote foo >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?)"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_N/A" ] || die "nonexistent version did not report N/A"
+[ "_$EXIT_CODE" = "_3" ] || die "nonexistent version did not exit with code 3, got $EXIT_CODE"
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_ls_remote)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="$(nvm_download | \egrep -o 'v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | sort -t. -u -k 1.2,1n -k 2,2n -k 3,3n)"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "bare nvm_ls_remote did not output expected sorted versions; got $(echo "$OUTPUT") expected $(echo "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT")"
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_ls_remote 0.3)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="v0.3.0
+v0.3.1
+v0.3.2
+v0.3.3
+v0.3.4
+v0.3.5
+v0.3.6
+v0.3.7
+v0.3.8"
+
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_ls_remote 0.3 did not output 0.3.x versions; got $OUTPUT"
+
+cleanup
+