koalaman/shellcheck

ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts

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[](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/actions/workflows/build.yml) ShellCheck is a GPLv3 tool that gives warnings and suggestions for bash/sh shell scripts: The goals of ShellCheck are to give cryptic error messages. cause a shell to behave strangely and counter-intuitively. advanced user's otherwise working script to fail under future circumstances. See the gallery of bad code for examples of what ShellCheck can help you identify! There are a number of ways to use ShellCheck! Paste a shell script on for instant feedback. ShellCheck.net is always synchronized to the latest git commit, and is the easiest way to give ShellCheck a go. Tell your friends! Run shellcheck yourscript in your terminal for instant output, as seen above. You can see ShellCheck suggestions directly in a variety of editors. While ShellCheck is mostly intended for interactive use, it can easily be added to builds or test suites. It makes canonical use of exit codes, so you can just add…

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ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts

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Owner: koalaman
Primary language: Haskell
Stars: 40,265
Forks: 1,972
Open issues + pull requests: 1,089
License: GPL-3.0
Archived: No
Default branch: master
Created: 2012-11-17T03:15:11.000Z
Last push: 2026-10-26T01:55:51.000Z

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Owner-supplied topics: bash, developer-tools, haskell, linter, shell, static-analysis

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