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 Remember to evaluate `(exercise-name-test:run-tests)` to re-run the tests after loading your updated solution.
 
+## Testing from the command line
 
+Executing the tests from the command line is possible, but it depends on which Common Lisp implementation you have chosen.
+For example, with SBCL you could execute this in the directory for exercise "foo"
+
+```sh
+sbcl --noinform \
+     --load foo-test \
+     --eval '(exit :code (if (foo-test:run-tests) 0 1))'
+```
+
+Other Common Lisp implementations will have similar but slightly different command-line options and exit commands.
+
+This assumes you have already installed SBCL and Quicklisp.
+See [Installing Common Lisp locally](https://exercism.org/docs/tracks/common-lisp/installation)
+
+That command is somewhat unwieldy.
+A method to wrap that into the `exercism` CLI is [shown here](https://glennj.github.io/exercism/cli).