reuse-lint-file(1)

reuse-lint-file1

Verify whether the specified files are compliant with the reuse specification

Usage

reuse lint-file [options] [file ...]

Overview

reuse-lint-file verifies whether the specified files are compliant with the REUSE Specification located at <https://reuse.software/spec>. It runs the linter from reuse-lint(1) <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/v6.2.0/man/reuse-lint.html> against a subset of files, using a subset of criteria.

Files that are ignored by reuse-lint are also ignored by reuse-lint-file, even if specified.

Criteria

The criteria are the same as used in reuse-lint(1) <https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/v6.2.0/man/reuse-lint.html>, but using only a subset:

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Missing licenses.

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Read errors.

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Files without copyright and license information.

Options

-q, --quiet

Do not print anything to STDOUT.

-l, --lines

Output one line per error, prefixed by the file path. This option is the default.

--help

Display help and exit.

Author

Free Software Foundation Europe

From reuse 6.2.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.