import sys, subprocess # usage: mutate.py file old new -- test args... f, old, new = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3] i = sys.argv.index('--'); cmd = sys.argv[i+1:] s = open(f).read(); assert s.count(old) == 1, ("old not unique", s.count(old)) open(f, 'w').write(s.replace(old, new)) try: r = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True) out = r.stdout + r.stderr print("\n".join(l for l in out.splitlines() if l.startswith(('--- FAIL', 'ok', 'FAIL', ' ')) )[:3000]) print("RC", r.returncode) finally: open(f, 'w').write(s)