Project: RSpec Core 2.11

Publisher: RSpec

--line_number option

To run a examples or groups by line numbers, one can use the --line_number option:

rspec path/to/example_spec.rb --line_number 37

This option can be specified multiple times.

Scenarios

standard examples

Given

a file named "example_spec.rb" with:

require "rspec/expectations"

describe 9 do

  it "should be > 8" do
    9.should be > 8
  end

  it "should be < 10" do
    9.should be < 10
  end

  it "should be 3 squared" do
    9.should be 3*3
  end

end

When

I run rspec example_spec.rb --line_number 5 --format doc

Then

the examples should all pass

And

the output should contain "should be > 8"

But

the output should not contain "should be < 10"

And

the output should not contain "should be 3*3"

When

I run rspec example_spec.rb --line_number 5 --line_number 9 --format doc

Then

the examples should all pass

And

the output should contain "should be > 8"

And

the output should contain "should be < 10"

But

the output should not contain "should be 3*3"

one liner

Given

a file named "example_spec.rb" with:

require "rspec/expectations"

describe 9 do

  it { should be > 8 }

  it { should be < 10 }
  
end

When

I run rspec example_spec.rb --line_number 5 --format doc

Then

the examples should all pass

Then

the output should contain "should be > 8"

But

the output should not contain "should be < 10"

Last published about 5 years ago by dchelimsky.

--line_number option

RSpec Core settings