prove v1.04 question

cheekuperl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using prove with following config:

prove v1.04, using Test::Harness v2.56 and Perl v5.8.8
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I have just started using prove and my question is how to count the number of test cases in my test file?
The --count option is not available with my version of prove.

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Re: prove v1.04 question by Anonymous Monk on Sep 07, 2012 at 03:18 UTC
upgrade `cpanp -i App::Prove`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: prove v1.04 question by cheekuperl (Monk) on Sep 07, 2012 at 03:20 UTC
Unfortunately I do not have that choice. I have to work with what I have :)	[reply]
Re^3: prove v1.04 question by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Sep 07, 2012 at 12:24 UTC
Are you able to install a current version of prove into your own home directory? There are options to do that. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
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Re: prove v1.04 question by philiprbrenan (Monk) on Sep 07, 2012 at 15:25 UTC
You could try: `$Test->no_plan;` [download] and then run prove: it will count the number of tests for you. Eventually when you have finished, I would urge you to remove the no_plan and substitute the actual number. A further possibility would be to use: `scalar $Test->summary;` [download] at the end of each test script to count the number of tests in that script, possibly writing it to a file etc if there are a lot to be summed over. again the caveat about replacing no_plan with the actual number.	[reply] [d/l] [select]