NAME

       flake8 - code checker using pep8 and pyflakes

SYNOPSIS

       flake8 [options] input ...

OPTIONS

       --version
              show program's version number and exit

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

       -v, --verbose
              print status messages, or debug with -vv

       -q, --quiet
              report only file names, or nothing with -qq

       --first
              show first occurrence of each error

       --exclude=patterns
              exclude  files  or directories which match these comma separated patterns (default:
              .svn,CVS,.bzr,.hg,.git,__pycache__)

       --filename=patterns
              when parsing directories, only  check  filenames  matching  these  comma  separated
              patterns (default: *.py)

       --select=errors
              select errors and warnings (e.g. E,W6)

       --ignore=errors
              skip errors and warnings (e.g. E4,W)

       --show-source
              show source code for each error

       --show-pep8
              show text of PEP 8 for each error (implies --first)

       --statistics
              count errors and warnings

       --count
              print  total number of errors and warnings to standard error and set exit code to 1
              if total is not null

       --max-line-length=n
              set maximum allowed line length (default: 79)

       --hang-closing
              hang closing bracket instead of matching indentation of opening bracket's line

       --format=format
              set the error format [default|pylint|<custom>]

       --diff report only lines changed according to the unified diff received on STDIN

       --exit-zero
              exit with code 0 even if there are errors

       --max-complexity=MAX_COMPLEXITY
              McCabe complexity threshold

       --builtins=BUILTINS
              define more built-ins, comma separated

       --install-hook
              Install the appropriate hook for this repository.

              Testing Options:

       --benchmark
              measure processing speed

              Configuration:

              The project options are read from the [flake8] section of the tox.ini file  or  the
              setup.cfg  file  located  in  any  parent  folder  of  the path(s) being processed.
              Allowed  options  are:  exclude,   filename,   select,   ignore,   max-line-length,
              hang-closing,  count,  format,  quiet,  showpep8, show-source, statistics, verbose,
              max-complexity, builtins.

       --config=path
              user config file location (default: ~/.config/flake8)

flake8 2.0 (pep8: 1.4.6, mccabe: 0.2, pyflNovember72013                                 FLAKE8(1)