How to run multiple test classes with a single command? - testing

I've started digging about how to run integration tests with Flutter and the pro/cons it has.
Besides that the test output sometimes isn't helpful at all, I'd like to know if there's a way to run multiple dart classes with a single command.
Let's put an example where I've in my test_driver folder 4 classes:
login.dart
login_test.dart
register.dart
register_test.dart
In order to execute the tests on one of them, I'd do:
flutter drive --target=test_driver/login.dart
Is there any way where I can avoid doing
flutter drive --target=test_driver/login.dart
flutter drive --target=test_driver/register.dart
A posible workaround I've in mind is create a bash script to get all the files that doesn't end with "_test.dart" and execute that command.
Thanks!

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prepare the test hardware (deploy, configure)
execute the e2e tests (on the test hardware)
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How to run tests in multiple environments (qa-dev) in TestParallel class and have results in one report?

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How could we run all tests in QA first then in DEV back to back using TestParallel Class and see the results in the same report?
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a/a_test.go
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Adding custom commands to Selenium IDE
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