How to exclude multiple patterns using python behave

Question

I have 10 feature files out of which I want to exclude api.feature and integration.feature . How do I do it using behave?

behave --tags @test --no-capture --show-timings  -e (int|u)

behave --tags @test --no-capture --show-timings  -e api.feature -e integration.feature

None of the above 2 options work.

I actually have behave setup. I copied out one of my feature files and renamed it to bob.feature. I executed the following command, and of my three feature files, only bob.feature was executed: `behave features/ -e some_other` — idjaw, Feb 25 '16 at 18:35
-e works for me when I have to exclude only 1 pattern. How do I exclude multiple patterns? For. eg above, I have 2 files api.feature and integration.feature . How do I tell behave to exclude these 2 files in 1 pattern string ? or by specifying complete filenames (multiple patterns) ? — user3179786, Feb 25 '16 at 21:31
I just re-read the documentation and even looked back at the answer posted and it hit me. It's expecting a regex pattern: `behave -e "(api|integration)"`. With that, you can add as much complexity as you want to filter out what you don't want. — idjaw, Feb 25 '16 at 21:46
idjaw , Could you please point me to which documentation you looked at? — user3179786, Feb 25 '16 at 22:47
[here](https://pythonhosted.org/behave/behave.html#cmdoption-e). "regular expression pattern". When I saw that I decided to give it a regex and it worked. — idjaw, Feb 25 '16 at 22:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 18:24

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-e, --exclude

Don’t run feature files matching regular expression PATTERN.

this answer was taken from here

answered Feb 25 '16 at 18:24

Jay T.

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OP mentioned in their question the `-e` was not working for them. – idjaw Feb 25 '16 at 18:26
I do see that but I was not sure if OP is using the right pattern – Jay T. Feb 25 '16 at 18:27
I will delete this post if necessary. – Jay T. Feb 25 '16 at 18:29
No no. No need. You actually might be right. Because I tested on my end. I have Behave set up. And -e is working for me. – idjaw Feb 25 '16 at 18:29
Take a look at my comment in the original post. If OP confirms that is it, feel free to just put it in your answer to make yours complete. Cheers. – idjaw Feb 25 '16 at 18:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '17 at 22:09

You were on the right track, but made a small mistake in your first example.

Behave supports ordinary re syntax as Python does. So in any place, where we see PATTERN reference, we can use it.

"|" is used for "OR" condition and I think the problem was that your shell interpreted it as a 'pipe' character. So we need to escape it with "\" character. Correct call should be next:

behave --tags @test --no-capture --show-timings  -e int\|u

How to exclude multiple patterns using python behave

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