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To update or switch versions, run webi shellcheck@stable, or @vx.y.z for a specific version.

Files

These are the files / directories that are created and/or modified with this install:

~/.config/envman/PATH.env
~/.local/opt/shellcheck/
~/.local/bin/shellcheck

Cheat Sheet

shellcheck catches rookie mistakes (and old-habits-die-hard mistakes) in bash

Also recommended by Google's Shell Style Guide

How to run shellcheck from the CLI

shellcheck ./script.sh

How to run shellcheck in vim

shellcheck is supported by vim-ale out-of-the-box™.

Just install vim-ale and shellcheck and you're good to go.

How to run shellcheck in VS Code

See Visual Studio Marketplace: ShellCheck.

To use shellcheck in a build or test suite:

Simply include shellcheck in the process.

check-scripts:
  # Fail if any of these files have warnings
  shellcheck myscripts/*.sh

How to ignore an error

You can ignore an error by putting a comment with the SCXXXX error code above it:

# shellcheck disable=<code>

# shellcheck disable=SC1004
NOT_AN_ERROR='Look, a literal \
inside of a string!'

Complete list of SCXXXX error codes: https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/53cee11ee0abbdc997661e65b348f375