Feature: --example option Use the --example (or -e) option to filter examples by name. The argument is compiled to a Ruby Regexp, and matched against the full description of the example, which is the concatenation of descriptions of the group (including any nested groups) and the example. This allows you to run a single uniquely named example, all examples with similar names, all the examples in a uniquely named group, etc, etc. You can also use the option more than once to specify multiple example matches. Background: Given a file named "first_spec.rb" with: """ruby describe "first group" do it "first example in first group" do; end it "second example in first group" do; end end """ And a file named "second_spec.rb" with: """ruby describe "second group" do it "first example in second group" do; end it "second example in second group" do; end end """ And a file named "third_spec.rb" with: """ruby describe "third group" do it "first example in third group" do; end context "nested group" do it "first example in nested group" do; end it "second example in nested group" do; end end end """ And a file named "fourth_spec.rb" with: """ruby describe Array do describe "#length" do it "is the number of items" do Array.new([1,2,3]).length.should eq 3 end end end """ Scenario: no matches When I run `rspec . --example nothing_like_this` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: match on one word When I run `rspec . --example example` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: one match in each context When I run `rspec . --example 'first example'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: one match in one file using just the example name When I run `rspec . --example 'first example in first group'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: one match in one file using the example name and the group name When I run `rspec . --example 'first group first example in first group'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: one match in one file using regexp When I run `rspec . --example 'first .* first example'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: all examples in one group When I run `rspec . --example 'first group'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: one match in one file with group name When I run `rspec . --example 'second group first example'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: all examples in one group including examples in nested groups When I run `rspec . --example 'third group'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: Object#method When I run `rspec . --example 'Array#length'` Then the examples should all pass Scenario: Multiple applications of example name option When I run `rspec . --example 'first group' --example 'second group' --format d` Then the examples should all pass And the output should contain all of these: |first example in first group| |second example in first group| |first example in second group| |second example in second group| And the output should not contain any of these: |first example in third group| |nested group first example in nested group| |nested group second example in nested group|