selftests: document how to run subtests from Windows' cmd.exe

It deoesn't like single quotes, which must be replaced with doubled-up double quotes. Pick-to: 6.2 6.5 6.6 Change-Id: I8e5f8047e72e4433926a9f4f2044407a4d823682 Reviewed-by: Edward Welbourne <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Mårten Nordheim <[email protected]>
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@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ You can choose a specific subtest by passing the -c option:
         -c "Given: The QTestLog::Plain logger" \
         -c 'And given: The "skip" subtest'
 
+Note that on Windows, when using cmd.exe, you cannot use single
+quotes, so the command above becomes:
+
+    ❯ ./tst_selftests "Scenario: Test output of the loggers is as expected" \
+        -c "Given: The QTestLog::Plain logger" \
+        -c "And given: The ""skip"" subtest"
+
 It's possible to pass only the first -c options, to e.g. run all
 tests with the Plain logger, but it's unfortunately not possible
 to pass only the last -c option, to run the 'skip' subtest with