list all available cucumber steps - (rake cucumber:steps)

gistfile1.rb

# From https://gist.github.com/778535
# In turn based on http://www.natontesting.com/2010/01/11/updated-script-to-list-all-cucumber-step-definitions/
desc "List all available steps"
task :steps do
  require 'hirb'
  extend Hirb::Console
  features_dir = "features"
  step_candidates = Dir.glob(File.join(features_dir,'**/*.rb'))

  # Follow all the gem requires, and identify which files have steps in them
  step_files = []
  step_candidates.each do |candidate|
    File.foreach(candidate) do |line|
      if line =~ /require ['"](.*\/.*)['"]/
        if libfile = `gem which #{$1} 2>/dev/null`.chomp
          step_candidates << libfile unless step_candidates.include?(libfile)
        end
      elsif line =~ /^\s*(?:Given|When|Then)\s+/
        step_files << candidate
      end
    end
  end
  
  step_files.uniq.each do |step_file|
    puts "File: #{step_file}"
    puts ""
    results = []
    File.new(step_file).read.each_line.each_with_index do |line, number|
      next unless line =~ /^\s*(?:Given|When|Then)\s+|\//
      res = /(?:Given|When|Then)[\s\(]*\/(.*)\/([imxo]*)[\s\)]*do\s*(?:$|\|(.*)\|)/.match(line)
      next unless res
      matches = res.captures
      results << OpenStruct.new(
        :steps => matches[0],
        :args => matches[2]
      )
    end
    table results, :resize => false, :fields=>[:steps, :args]
    puts ""
  end
end

gistfile2.txt

File: features/step_definitions/instance_steps.rb

+---------------------------------+------------+
| steps                           | args       |
+---------------------------------+------------+
| ^an? (\S+) instance named '.*'$ | type, name |
+---------------------------------+------------+
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File: /Users/Steve/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@warden/gems/aruba-0.4.3/lib/aruba/cucumber.rb

+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| steps                                                    | args                      |
+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| ^I'm using a clean gemset "([^"]*)"$                     | gemset                    |
| ^a directory named "([^"]*)"$                            | dir_name                  |
| ^a file named "([^"]*)" with:$                           | file_name, file_content   |
| ^an empty file named "([^"]*)"$                          | file_name                 |
| ^I write to "([^"]*)" with:$                             | file_name, file_content   |
| ^I overwrite "([^"]*)" with:$                            | file_name, file_content   |
| ^I append to "([^"]*)" with:$                            | file_name, file_content   |
| ^I append to "([^"]*)" with "([^"]*)"$                   | file_name, file_content   |
| ^I remove the file "([^"]*)"$                            | file_name                 |
| ^I cd to "([^"]*)"$                                      | dir                       |
| ^I run "(.*)"$                                           | cmd                       |
| ^I run `([^`]*)`$                                        | cmd                       |
| ^I successfully run "(.*)"$                              | cmd                       |
| ^I successfully run `([^`]*)`$                           | cmd                       |
| ^I run "([^"]*)" interactively$                          | cmd                       |
| ^I run `([^`]*)` interactively$                          | cmd                       |
| ^I type "([^"]*)"$                                       | input                     |
| ^the output should contain "([^"]*)"$                    | expected                  |
| ^the output from "([^"]*)" should contain "([^"]*)"$     | cmd, expected             |
| ^the output from "([^"]*)" should not contain "([^"]*)"$ | cmd, unexpected           |
| ^the output should not contain "([^"]*)"$                | unexpected                |
| ^the output should contain:$                             | expected                  |
| ^the output should not contain:$                         | unexpected                |
| ^the output should contain exactly "([^"]*)"$            | expected                  |
| ^the output should contain exactly:$                     | expected                  |
| ^the output should match \/([^\/]*)\/$                   | expected                  |
| ^the output should match:$                               | expected                  |
| ^the exit status should be (\d+)$                        | exit_status               |
| ^the exit status should not be (\d+)$                    | exit_status               |
| ^it should (pass|fail) with:$                            | pass_fail, partial_output |
| ^it should (pass|fail) with exactly:$                    | pass_fail, exact_output   |
| ^it should (pass|fail) with regexp?:$                    | pass_fail, expected       |
| ^the stderr should contain "([^"]*)"$                    | expected                  |
| ^the stderr should contain:$                             | expected                  |
| ^the stderr should contain exactly:$                     | expected                  |
| ^the stdout should contain "([^"]*)"$                    | expected                  |
| ^the stdout should contain:$                             | expected                  |
| ^the stdout should contain exactly:$                     | expected                  |
| ^the stderr should not contain "([^"]*)"$                | unexpected                |
| ^the stderr should not contain:$                         | unexpected                |
| ^the stdout should not contain "([^"]*)"$                | unexpected                |
| ^the stdout should not contain:$                         | unexpected                |
| ^the stdout from "([^"]*)" should contain "([^"]*)"$     | cmd, expected             |
| ^the stdout from "([^"]*)" should not contain "([^"]*)"$ | cmd, unexpected           |
| ^the stderr from "([^"]*)" should contain "([^"]*)"$     | cmd, expected             |
| ^the stderr from "([^"]*)" should not contain "([^"]*)"$ | cmd, unexpected           |
| ^the file "([^"]*)" should not exist$                    | file_name                 |
| ^the following files should exist:$                      | files                     |
| ^the following files should not exist:$                  | files                     |
| ^a file named "([^"]*)" should exist$                    | file                      |
| ^a file named "([^"]*)" should not exist$                | file                      |
| ^the following directories should exist:$                | directories               |
| ^the following directories should not exist:$            | directories               |
| ^a directory named "([^"]*)" should exist$               | directory                 |
| ^a directory named "([^"]*)" should not exist$           | directory                 |
| ^the file "([^"]*)" should contain "([^"]*)"$            | file, partial_content     |
| ^the file "([^"]*)" should not contain "([^"]*)"$        | file, partial_content     |
| ^the file "([^"]*)" should contain exactly:$             | file, exact_content       |
| ^the file "([^"]*)" should match \/([^\/]*)\/$           | file, partial_content     |
| ^the file "([^"]*)" should not match \/([^\/]*)\/$       | file, partial_content     |
+----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
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