[1.6.x] Fixed #23543 -- Added docs on testing management command output.

  differences when locales are changed and evaluate its impact on

  predictable behavior of your command.

Testing

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Information on how to test custom management commands can be found in the

:ref:`testing docs <topics-testing-management-commands>`.

Command objects

===============

    # Empty the test outbox

    mail.outbox = []

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Management Commands

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Management commands can be tested with the

:func:`~django.core.management.call_command` function. The output can be

redirected into a ``StringIO`` instance::

    from django.core.management import call_command

    from django.test import TestCase

    from django.utils.six import StringIO

    class ClosepollTest(TestCase):

        def test_command_output(self):

            out = StringIO()

            call_command('closepoll', stdout=out)

            self.assertIn('Expected output', out.getvalue())

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