Quick test example

import os
import shutil
import tempfile
import textwrap
import unittest

class TestFileReader(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        test_data = """\
        192.168.0.1  testname
        192.168.1.10 test2 
        """
        self.filename = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "hosts")

        with open(self.filename, "w") as file_to_write:
            file_to_write.writelines(textwrap.dedent(test_data))

    def tearDown(self):
        shutil.rmtree(self.tempdir)
        
    def test_001(self):
        print "testing some stuff on '{}' here".format(self.filename)
        self.assertFalse(True)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()