Is it possible to run a single test in MiniTest?

The command should be:

% rake test TEST=test/test_foobar.rb TESTOPTS="--name=test_foobar1 -v"

Have you tried:

ruby path/to/test_file.rb --name test_method_name

No gem required: ruby -Itest test/lib/test.rb --name /some_test/

Source: http://blog.arvidandersson.se/2012/03/28/minimalicous-testing-in-ruby-1-9

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