pytest_plugins = "pytest_pytester" class TestPyLookup: def test_basic(self, testdir): p = testdir.makepyfile(hello="def x(): pass") result = testdir.runpybin("py.lookup", "pass") result.stdout.fnmatch_lines( ['%s:*def x(): pass' %(p.basename)] ) def test_search_in_filename(self, testdir): p = testdir.makepyfile(hello="def x(): pass") result = testdir.runpybin("py.lookup", "hello") result.stdout.fnmatch_lines( ['*%s:*' %(p.basename)] )