Supressing the header from printing for pytest

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How do I suppress the header (~4 lines) from printing?

============================= test session starts ==============================
platform linux -- Python 3.5.3, pytest-3.2.1, py-1.4.34, pluggy-0.4.0 -- /usr/bin/python3
cachedir: .cache
rootdir: /sandboxes/beetle, inifile:
collecting ... collected 1 item

user_429533 · Answer

The --no-header option was added in pytest 6.0: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html#id33

user_4872730 · Answer

Running pytest with the -q option will suppress the header (but possibly other information as well)

pytest documentation

Supressing the header from printing for pytest

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