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Tool to check the style and quality of Python code.

# To lint a file or directory recursively:
flake8 <path/to/file_or_directory>

# To lint a file or directory recursively and show the line on which each error occurred:
flake8 --show-source <path/to/file_or_directory>

# To lint a file or directory recursively and ignore a list of rules. (All available rules can be found at flake8rules.com):
flake8 --ignore <rule1,rule2> <path/to/file_or_directory>

# To lint a file or directory recursively but exclude files matching the given globs or substrings:
flake8 --exclude <substring1,glob2> <path/to/file_or_directory>