How can I run only a specific test in a Perl distribution?

Question

This question is related to this question I asked before. I have multiple test files (A.t, B.t, C.t etc) created to test their respective module A, B, C & so on. But when I

Answer 1

Executing tests directly through perl works. The prove command was designed to simplify the process, save keystrokes, and shorten the test-debug-test cycle.

prove was designed to work on multiple tests at a time, which you can't do invoking via perl. For instance, you can do:

prove t/*.t
prove t/     # Same as t/*.t
prove t/dev/ # Run only tests in t/dev/
prove -r t/  # Runs all .t files in t/ and any directories below.

The modern prove also has many features for handling suites of tests and modifying how the TAP output from the tests is displayed.

prove --help will show you all prove's options, and prove --man will show you the manual page.