yamllint
========

A linter for YAML files.

yamllint does not only check for syntax validity, but for common cosmetic
conventions such as lines length, trailing spaces, indentation, etc.

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Written in Python (compatible with Python 2 & 3).

Documentation
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http://yamllint.readthedocs.org/

Short overview
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Screenshot
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Installation
^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: bash

 sudo pip install yamllint

Usage
^^^^^

.. code:: bash

 # Lint one or more files
 yamllint my_file.yml my_other_file.yaml ...

.. code:: bash

 # Lint all YAML files in a directory
 yamllint .

.. code:: bash

 # Use a custom lint configuration
 yamllint -c ~/myconfig file.yml

.. code:: bash

 # Output a parsable format (for syntax checking in editors like Vim, emacs...)
 yamllint -f parsable file.yml