doc: document wildcard supported by tools/test.py

This seems to be a underdocumented but useful trick that only very few
people know about. Also add a pointer to the test running guide in
the test writing guide.

PR-URL: #60265
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Marco Ippolito <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Chemi Atlow <[email protected]>

Author: joyeecheung

BUILDING.md

@@ -421,6 +421,27 @@ You can also execute the tests in a test suite directory
 tools/test.py test/message
 ```
 
+You can execute tests that match a specific naming pattern using the wildcard
+`*`. For example, to run all tests under `test/parallel` with a name that starts
+with `test-stream-`:
+
+```bash
+tools/test.py test/parallel/test-stream-*
+tools/test.py parallel/test-stream-*  # The test/ prefix can be omitted
+# In some shell environments, you may need to quote the pattern
+tools/test.py "test/parallel/test-stream-*"
+```
+
+The whildcard `*` can be used in any part of the path. For example, to run all tests
+with a name that starts with `test-inspector-`, regardless of the directory they are in:
+
+```bash
+# Matches test/sequential/test-inspector-*, test/parallel/test-inspector-*,
+# test/known_issues/test-inspector-*, etc.
+tools/test.py "test/*/test-inspector-*"
+tools/test.py "*/test-inspector-*"  # The test/ prefix can be omitted
+```
+
 If you want to check the other options, please refer to the help by using
 the `--help` option:
 

doc/contributing/writing-tests.md

@@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ To generate a test coverage report, see the
 Nightly coverage reports for the Node.js `main` branch are available at
 <https://coverage.nodejs.org/>.
 
+## Running tests
+
+See the [Building guide](../../BUILDING.md#running-tests) for details on how to
+run tests.
+
 [ASCII]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/ascii.7.html
 [Google Test]: https://github.com/google/googletest
 [Test Coverage section of the Building guide]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/BUILDING.md#running-coverage