nosetests skip certain tests in python with multiple tests

Question

I want to skip or exclude some certain tests from the build or the pipeline.

I am running nosetests -s -v * which runs all the tests under some specific folder.

Suppose there are about 30 tests and out of the 5 I want to skip- To do that I am trying

nosetests -s -v * --exclude-test test_sometest.py test_somemoretest.py

or

nosetests -s -v * -- test_sometest.py test_somemoretest.py

but both of them not work for me.

I am referring from here

#!/bin/sh

cd tests/engine_tests/measures

nosetests -s -v * --exclude-test test_sometest1.py test_somemoretest2.py test_sometest3.py test_somemoretest4.py

Any help would be great!!

Possible duplicate of [Excluding directory, module in python nosetest](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24263365/excluding-directory-module-in-python-nosetest) — samthegolden, Apr 04 '19 at 10:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '19 at 10:19

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Add this parameter to your command: --ignore-files="tests_to_exclude\.py"

answered Apr 04 '19 at 10:19

samthegolden

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how do i add multiple – Rajat jain Apr 04 '19 at 13:52
With this do you mean!!! `nosetests -s -v * --ignore-files="test1.py", "test2.py", "test3.py"` – Rajat jain Apr 04 '19 at 13:53
Try to escape the `.` – samthegolden Apr 04 '19 at 14:32
detailed, please! – Rajat jain Apr 05 '19 at 05:24
Run `nosetests -s -v * --ignore-files="test1\.py"` and check it doesn't run test1.py – samthegolden Apr 05 '19 at 09:24
`nosetests -s -v -x * --ignore-files="Test1\.py"` This is what am trying, But not worked. – Rajat jain Apr 05 '19 at 09:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '19 at 06:38

python -m pytest --cache-clear -v -x -r a --junit-xml=tests/engine_tests --junit-prefix=measure_tests *.py --deselect Test1\.py --deselect Test2\.py --deselect Test3\.py --deselect Test4\.py

I tried this and it worked for me. Before that You need to install pytest

pip install pytest

Documentation will be find by typing pytest --help under terminal

or somewhere here

nosetests skip certain tests in python with multiple tests

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