flake8 (1)

flake8 [options] input ...

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-v, --verbose

print status messages, or debug with -vv

-q, --quiet

report only file names, or nothing with -qq

--first

show first occurrence of each error

--exclude=patterns

exclude files or directories which match these comma separated patterns (default: .svn,CVS,.bzr,.hg,.git,__pycache__)

--filename=patterns

when parsing directories, only check filenames matching these comma separated patterns (default: *.py)

--select=errors

select errors and warnings (e.g. E,W6)

--ignore=errors

skip errors and warnings (e.g. E4,W)

--show-source

show source code for each error

--show-pep8

show text of PEP 8 for each error (implies --first)

--statistics

count errors and warnings

--count

print total number of errors and warnings to standard error and set exit code to 1 if total is not null

--max-line-length=n

set maximum allowed line length (default: 79)

--hang-closing

hang closing bracket instead of matching indentation of opening bracket's line

--format=format

set the error format [default|pylint|<custom>]

--diff

report only lines changed according to the unified diff received on STDIN

--exit-zero

exit with code 0 even if there are errors

--max-complexity=MAX_COMPLEXITY

McCabe complexity threshold

--builtins=BUILTINS

define more built-ins, comma separated

--install-hook

Install the appropriate hook for this repository.

• Testing Options:

--benchmark

measure processing speed

• Configuration:

• The project options are read from the [flake8] section of the tox.ini file or the setup.cfg file located in any parent folder of the path(s) being processed. Allowed options are: exclude, filename, select, ignore, max-line-length, hang-closing, count, format, quiet, showpep8, show-source, statistics, verbose, max-complexity, builtins.

--config=path

user config file location (default: ~/.config/flake8)