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@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ example, :meth:`~TestCase.setUp` was used to create a fresh sequence for each
test.
The final block shows a simple way to run the tests. :func:`unittest.main`
-provides a command line interface to the test script. When run from the command
+provides a command-line interface to the test script. When run from the command
line, the above script produces an output that looks like this::
...
@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ are sufficient to meet many everyday testing needs. The remainder of the
documentation explores the full feature set from first principles.
+.. _unittest-command-line-interface:
+
+Command-Line Interface
+----------------------
+
+The unittest module can be used from the command line to run tests from
+modules, classes or even individual test methods::
+
+ python -m unittest test_module1 test_module2
+ python -m unittest test_module.TestClass
+ python -m unittest test_module.TestClass.test_method
+
+You can pass in a list with any combination of module names, and fully
+qualified class or method names.
+
+You can run tests with more detail (higher verbosity) by passing in the -v flag::
+
+ python -m unittest -v test_module
+
+For a list of all the command-line options::
+
+ python -m unittest -h
+
+
.. _organizing-tests:
Organizing test code