NAME

       findbugs - Static Java Code Analyzer

SYNOPSIS

       findbugs  [general  options]  -textui  [command  line  options...]  [jar/zip/class  files,
       directories...]

DESCRIPTION

       No files to be analyzed

   General options:
       -jvmArgs args
              Pass args to JVM

       -maxHeap size
              Maximum Java heap size in megabytes (default=768)

       -javahome <dir>
              Specify location of JRE

              General FindBugs options:

       -project <project>
              analyze given project

       -home <home directory>
              specify FindBugs home directory

       -pluginList <jar1[:jar2...]>
              specify list of plugin Jar files to load

       -effort[:min|less|default|more|max]
              set analysis effort level

       -adjustExperimental
              lower priority of experimental Bug Patterns

       -workHard
              ensure analysis effort is at least 'default'

       -conserveSpace
              same as -effort:min (for backward compatibility)

       -showPlugins
              show list of available detector plugins

       -userPrefs <filename>
              user                    preferences                    file,                    e.g
              /path/to/project/.settings/edu.umd.cs.findbugs.core.prefs for Eclipse projects

              Output options:

       -timestampNow
              set timestamp of results to be current time

       -quiet suppress error messages

       -longBugCodes
              report long bug codes

       -progress
              display progress in terminal window

       -release <release name>
              set the release name of the analyzed application

       -experimental
              report of any confidence level including experimental bug patterns

       -low   report warnings of any confidence level

       -medium
              report only medium and high confidence warnings [default]

       -high  report only high confidence warnings

       -maxRank <rank>
              only report issues with a bug rank at least as scary as that provided

       -dontCombineWarnings
              Don't combine warnings that differ only in line number

       -sortByClass
              sort warnings by class

       -xml[:withMessages]
              XML output (optionally with messages)

       -xdocs xdoc XML output to use with Apache Maven

       -html[:stylesheet]
              Generate HTML output (default stylesheet is default.xsl)

       -emacs Use emacs reporting format

       -relaxed
              Relaxed reporting mode (more false positives!)

       -train[:outputDir]
              Save training data (experimental); output dir defaults to '.'

       -useTraining[:inputDir]
              Use training data (experimental); input dir defaults to '.'

       -redoAnalysis <filename>
              Redo analysis using configureation from previous analysis

       -sourceInfo <filename>
              Specify source info file (line numbers for fields/classes)

       -projectName <project name>
              Descriptive name of project

       -reanalyze <filename>
              redo analysis in provided file

       -output <filename>
              Save output in named file

       -nested[:true|false]
              analyze nested jar/zip archives (default=true)

              Output filtering options:

       -bugCategories <cat1[,cat2...]>
              only report bugs in given categories

       -onlyAnalyze <classes/packages>
              only  analyze  given  classes  and  packages;  end with .* to indicate classes in a
              package, .- to indicate a package prefix

       -excludeBugs <baseline bugs>
              exclude bugs that are also reported in the baseline xml output

       -exclude <filter file>
              exclude bugs matching given filter

       -include <filter file>
              include only bugs matching given filter

       -applySuppression
              Exclude any bugs that match suppression filter loaded from fbp file

              Detector (visitor) configuration options:

       -visitors <v1[,v2...]>
              run only named visitors

       -omitVisitors <v1[,v2...]>
              omit named visitors

       -chooseVisitors <+v1,-v2,...>
              selectively enable/disable detectors

       -choosePlugins <+p1,-p2,...>
              selectively enable/disable plugins

       -adjustPriority  <v1=(raise|lower)[,...]>  raise/lower  priority  of  warnings  for  given
              visitor(s)

              Project configuration options:

       -auxclasspath <classpath>
              set aux classpath for analysis

       -auxclasspathFromInput
              read aux classpath from standard input

       -sourcepath <source path>
              set source path for analyzed classes

       -exitcode
              set exit code of process

       -noClassOk
              output empty warning file if no classes are specified

       -xargs get list of classfiles/jarfiles from standard input rather than command line

       -cloud <id>
              set cloud id

       -cloudProperty <key=value>
              set cloud property

       -bugReporters <name,name2,-name3>
              bug reporter decorators to explicitly enable/disable

       -printConfiguration
              print configuration and exit, without running analysis

       -version
              print version, check for updates and exit, without running analysis

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for findbugs is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and
       findbugs programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info findbugs

       should give you access to the complete manual.