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Run shellcheck to lint shell scripts for common issues and best practices
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| name | shell-check |
| description | Run shellcheck to lint shell scripts for common issues and best practices |
Use shellcheck to analyze shell scripts for syntax errors, semantic problems, and style issues.
To check a single script:
shellcheck script.sh
To check all shell scripts in the current directory:
shellcheck *.sh
To check scripts recursively:
find . -name '*.sh' -exec shellcheck {} +
-e CODE — exclude a specific warning (e.g. shellcheck -e SC2086 script.sh)-s SHELL — specify the shell dialect (bash, sh, dash, ksh)-f FORMAT — output format (tty, json, gcc, diff)