gaudirun.py -v-n EventSelector.Input = { "DATAFILE='PFN:dcap://blah.blah/foo/bar/file.dst' TYPE='POOL_ROOTTREE' OPT='READ'" }; conf_dict = eval('\n'.join(stdout.splitlines())) expected = {'EventSelector': {'Input': [ "DATAFILE='PFN:dcap://blah.blah/foo/bar/file.dst' TYPE='POOL_ROOTTREE' OPT='READ'"]}} if conf_dict != expected: causes.append("configuration result") from pprint import PrettyPrinter pp = PrettyPrinter() result["GaudiTest.configuration.expected"] = result.Quote(pp.pformat(expected)) result["GaudiTest.configuration.found"] = result.Quote(pp.pformat(conf_dict))