How do I run a single test with Nose in Pylons

For me using Nosetests 1.3.0 these variants are working (but make sure you have __init__.py in your tests folder):

nosetests [options] tests.ui_tests
nosetests [options] tests/ui_tests.py
nosetests [options] tests.ui_tests:TestUI.test_admin_page

Note that single colon between module name and class name.

nosetests appname.tests.functional.test_controller should work, where the file is named test_controller.py.

To run a specific test class and method use a path of the form module.path:ClassNameInFile.method_name, that is, with a colon separating the module/file path and the objects within the file. module.path is the relative path to the file (e.g. tests/my_tests.py:ClassNameInFile.method_name).