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# flake8

> Check the style and quality of Python code.
> More information: <https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/options.html>.

- Lint a file or directory recursively:

`flake8 {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Lint a file or directory recursively and show the line on which each error occurred:

`flake8 --show-source {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Lint a file or directory recursively and ignore a list of rules. (All available rules can be found at <https://www.flake8rules.com/>):

`flake8 --ignore {{rule1,rule2,...}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Lint a file or directory recursively but exclude files matching the given globs or substrings:

`flake8 --exclude {{substring1,glob2}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
