NAME

       codespell - detect spelling mistakes in source code

SYNOPSIS

       codespell [OPTIONS] [file1 file2 ... fileN]

DESCRIPTION

       codespell  is  designed to find and fix common misspellings in text files.  It is designed
       primarily for checking misspelled words in source code, but it  can  be  used  with  other
       files as well.

       usage: codespell [-h] [--version] [-d] [-c] [-w] [-D DICTIONARY]

              [--builtin   BUILTIN-LIST]  [--ignore-regex  IGNORE_REGEX]  [-I  FILE]  [-L  WORDS]
              [--uri-ignore-words-list WORDS] [-r REGEX] [--uri-regex URI_REGEX]  [-s]  [--count]
              [-S SKIP] [-x FILE] [-i INTERACTIVE] [-q QUIET_LEVEL] [-e] [-f] [-H] [-A LINES] [-B
              LINES] [-C LINES] [--config CONFIG] [files ...]

   positional arguments:
       files  files or directories to check

   options:
       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       --version
              show program's version number and exit

       -d, --disable-colors
              disable colors, even when printing to terminal (always set for Windows)

       -c, --enable-colors
              enable colors, even when not printing to terminal

       -w, --write-changes
              write changes in place if possible

       -D DICTIONARY, --dictionary DICTIONARY
              custom dictionary file that contains spelling corrections.  If  this  flag  is  not
              specified  or  equals  "-"  then the default dictionary is used. This option can be
              specified multiple times.

       --builtin BUILTIN-LIST
              comma-separated list of builtin dictionaries to include (when "-D -" or no "-D"  is
              passed).  Current  options  are: - 'clear' for unambiguous errors - 'rare' for rare
              (but valid) words that are likely to

       be errors
              - 'informal' for making informal words more formal - 'usage' for replacing phrasing
              with recommended

       terms  - 'code' for words from code and/or mathematics that

       are likely to be typos in other contexts (such as
              uint)

       - 'names' for valid proper names that might be typos
              - 'en-GB_to_en-US' for corrections from en-GB to en-US The default is 'clear,rare'.

       --ignore-regex IGNORE_REGEX
              regular  expression  that  is  used  to  find  patterns  to  ignore  by treating as
              whitespace. When writing regular expressions, consider ensuring there are  boundary
              nonword chars, e.g., "\bmatch\b". Defaults to empty/disabled.

       -I FILE, --ignore-words FILE
              file  that  contains  words  that will be ignored by codespell. File must contain 1
              word per line. Words are case sensitive based  on  how  they  are  written  in  the
              dictionary file

       -L WORDS, --ignore-words-list WORDS
              comma  separated list of words to be ignored by codespell. Words are case sensitive
              based on how they are written in the dictionary file

       --uri-ignore-words-list WORDS
              comma separated list of words to be ignored by codespell in URIs and  emails  only.
              Words  are  case sensitive based on how they are written in the dictionary file. If
              set to "*", all misspelling in URIs and emails will be ignored.

       -r REGEX, --regex REGEX
              regular expression that  is  used  to  find  words.  By  default  any  alphanumeric
              character,  the  underscore, the hyphen, and the apostrophe is used to build words.
              This option cannot be specified together with --writechanges.

       --uri-regex URI_REGEX
              regular expression that is used to find URIs and emails. A  default  expression  is
              provided.

       -s, --summary
              print summary of fixes

       --count
              print the number of errors as the last line of stderr

       -S SKIP, --skip SKIP
              comma-separated  list of files to skip. It accepts globs as well. E.g.: if you want
              codespell to skip .eps and .txt files, you'd give "*.eps,*.txt" to this option.

       -x FILE, --exclude-file FILE
              ignore whole lines that match those in the file FILE.  The  lines  in  FILE  should
              match the to-be-excluded lines exactly

       -i INTERACTIVE, --interactive INTERACTIVE
              set  interactive  mode  when  writing changes: - 0: no interactivity.  - 1: ask for
              confirmation.  - 2: ask user to choose one fix when more than one is

       available.
              - 3: both 1 and 2

       -q QUIET_LEVEL, --quiet-level QUIET_LEVEL
              bitmask that allows suppressing messages: - 0: print all messages.   -  1:  disable
              warnings  about  wrong  encoding.   - 2: disable warnings about binary files.  - 4:
              omit warnings about automatic fixes that were

       disabled in the dictionary.
              - 8: don't print anything for non-automatic fixes.  - 16: don't print the  list  of
              fixed  files.  As usual with bitmasks, these levels can be combined; e.g. use 3 for
              levels 1+2, 7 for 1+2+4, 23 for 1+2+4+16, etc. The default mask is 2.

       -e, --hard-encoding-detection
              use chardet to detect the encoding of each file. This can slow down codespell,  but
              is more reliable in detecting encodings other than utf-8, iso8859-1, and ascii.

       -f, --check-filenames
              check file names as well

       -H, --check-hidden
              check hidden files and directories (those starting with ".") as well.

       -A LINES, --after-context LINES
              print LINES of trailing context

       -B LINES, --before-context LINES
              print LINES of leading context

       -C LINES, --context LINES
              print LINES of surrounding context

       --config CONFIG
              path to config file.

AUTHOR

       Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>

SEE ALSO

       https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell