optional arguments:¶

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--jobs [N], -j [N]

passed to tools that can parallelize their checks (default: 1)

--checks selectors, -c selectors

alter the set of checks to be run based on check names (example: = cppcheck + lintian duck - duck)

--flags selectors, -f selectors

alter the set of checks to be run based on flag names (example: = audio c - mp3 + sh) (example: = dangerous + network - todo)

--all, -a

perform checks with possible side effects, including executing code or modifying files from the current directory. (equivalent: --flags +dangerous --flags +modify)

--interrupt {quit,exit,skip}, -i {quit,exit,skip}

when interrupted, quit or skip the current check (default: skip)

--interrupt-period N, -ip N

how many seconds to wait after an interrupt for another one before continuing (default: 0.5)

--silent-checks {show,hide}

what to do with checks that did not print any output (default: hide)

--remarks-lines N

output lines to use for checks per remark. (<= -1: all, 0: only reasons, >= 1: N lines of checks) (default: 1)

--commands {run,show}

what to do with the commands for the chosen set of hooks (default: run)

--checks-output-lines N

output lines to allow for checks. checks using more lines are terminated, their output is truncated to fit, a footer is appended as an indicator and their names are printed at the end. (<= 0: all, > 0: N lines of output) (default: 10)

--distro {debian}, -d {debian}

enable check overlay for distribution (default: None)

--release {jessie}, -r {jessie}

enable check overlay for distribution release (default: None)

--mime

Enable matching files based on MIME type. MIME checking is slow and makes more complicated commands. (default: False)

--no-mime

Disable matching files based on MIME type. MIME checking is slow and makes more complicated commands. (default: False)

WARNING: since it checks so many things the output can be very verbose so don't use it if you don't have time to go through the output to find problems.