How to run a single specific test case when using protractor

Jasmine added fit and fdescribe in 2.1 for running single tests or describe blocks.

http://pivotallabs.com/new-key-features-jasmine-2-1/

This feature almost made it in the 2.0 release. Now enough of this functionality is present to support fit and fdescribe for focused spec and suite running.

from 2.1 git lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js

var jasmineInterface = {
describe: function(description, specDefinitions) {
  return env.describe(description, specDefinitions);
},

xdescribe: function(description, specDefinitions) {
  return env.xdescribe(description, specDefinitions);
},

fdescribe: function(description, specDefinitions) {
  return env.fdescribe(description, specDefinitions);
},

it: function() {
  return env.it.apply(env, arguments);
},

xit: function() {
  return env.xit.apply(env, arguments);
},

fit: function() {
  return env.fit.apply(env, arguments);
},

The most recent version (at least) of Protractor supports the usual Jasmine way of doing that: rename a describe() function to ddescribe(), and only the tests inside it will run. Or rename an it() function to iit(), and only this test will run.

Perhaps you should separate the tests into different suites. Then you can just run: protractor test/protractor-conf.js --suite example