--test/-t switch non functional in build 1.3.6 on ubuntu 18.04 with nodejs 12

[alexanderdevm]

Describe the bug

Previous builds on nighwatch js support --test to specify the test file that needs to be executed.

In the current build, -t/--test doesn't do anything, nightwatch just executes the entire suite. To specify which test need to be executed all what need to be done is to specify the path without the --test switch. Also --testcase does not need --test to work anymore.

Is this intentional change and the wiki page has not been updated or its a bug?

Run with command

LAUNCHURL=xx... nightwatch --test test/test1.js -e chromeDevelopment --output dev_report

Configuration

nightwatch.json

```js { "src_folders": ["tests"], "disable_colors": true, "output_folder": "reports", "custom_commands_path": ["node_modules/nightwatch-vrt/commands", "./customCommands"], "custom_assertions_path": "node_modules/nightwatch-vrt/assertions", "page_objects_path": "pageObjects", "skip_testcases_on_fail": false, "end_session_on_fail": true, "globals_path": "globals.js", "webdriver": { "start_process": false, "server_path": "", "log_path": "", "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 4444 }, "test_settings": { "default": { "globals": { "visual_regression_settings": { "generate_screenshot_path": "", "latest_screenshots_path": "vrt/latest", "latest_suffix": "", "baseline_screenshots_path": "", "baseline_suffix": "", "diff_screenshots_path": "vrt/diff", "diff_suffix": "", "threshold": 0.3, "prompt": false, "always_save_diff_screenshot": false } }, "selenium_port": 4444, "selenium_host": "localhost", "silent": false, "screenshots": { "enabled": true, "on_failure": true, "path": "./screenshots" }, "desiredCapabilities": { "acceptInsecureCerts": true, "acceptSslCerts": true }, "webdriver": { "use_legacy_jsonwire": true } }, "chromeDevelopment": { "silent": true, "screenshots": { "enabled": true, "on_failure": true }, "webdriver": { "port": 9515, "server_path": "node_modules/chromedriver/bin/chromedriver", "start_process": true }, "desiredCapabilities": { "browserName": "chrome", "chromeOptions": { "args": [ "screenshot", "disable-web-security", "ignore-certificate-errors", "disable-dev-shm-usage", "no-sandbox", "window-size=1920,1080", "use-gl=swiftshader", "diable-gpu" ] } } }, "chrome": { "silent": true, "screenshots": { "enabled": true, "on_failure": true }, "webdriver": { "port": 9515, "server_path": "node_modules/chromedriver/bin/chromedriver", "start_process": true }, "desiredCapabilities": { "browserName": "chrome", "chromeOptions": { "args": [ "screenshot", "disable-web-security", "ignore-certificate-errors", "disable-dev-shm-usage", "no-sandbox", "window-size=1920,1080", "use-gl=swiftshader" ] }, "goog:chromeOptions": { "args": [ "--disable-web-security", "--ignore-certificate-errors", "--headless", "--no-sandbox", "--disable-popup-blocking", "--disable-infobars", "--enable-automation" ], "useAutomationExtension": true } } }, "firefoxDevelopment": { "silent": true, "screenshots": { "enabled": true, "on_failure": true }, "webdriver": { "port": 4444, "server_path": "node_modules/geckodriver/bin/geckodriver" }, "desiredCapabilities": { "browserName": "firefox", "moz:firefoxOptions": { "args": ["--width=1920", "--height=1080"] } } }, "firefox": { "silent": true, "screenshots": { "enabled": true, "on_failure": true }, "webdriver": { "port": 4444, "server_path": "node_modules/geckodriver/bin/geckodriver" }, "desiredCapabilities": { "browserName": "firefox", "moz:firefoxOptions": { "args": ["-headless", "--width=1920", "--height=1080"] } } }, "edge": { "desiredCapabilities": { "browserName": "MicrosoftEdge" } } } } ```

Your Environment

Executable	Version
nightwatch --version	1.3.6
npm --version	6.14.5
node --version	12.18.1

Browser driver	Version
chromedriver	83.0.0

OS	Version
Ubuntu	18.04

[beatfactor]

Remove the --test and do simply: nightwatch test/test1.js.

[alexanderdevm]

Remove the --test and do simply: nightwatch test/test1.js.

Yes this is what I am doing now. I just wanted to know if the switch --test is permanently removed for build 1.3.6 on Ubuntu/Cent7 moving forward.

[beatfactor]

No, but this is a sort of legacy option which was supposed to identify individual test files relative to the folder specified in the src_folders option. Is test a subfolder inside the tests folder? If not, it's probably why it's not working for you, given the config which you have specified. In any case, it's a bit of an unnecessary option at this moment and it will be probably be deprecated soon.

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