1BLACK(1)                    General Commands Manual                   BLACK(1)
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NAME

6       black - The uncompromising code formatter.
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SYNOPSIS

9       black [OPTIONS] [SRC]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       The uncompromising code formatter.
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OPTIONS

15       -l, --line-length INTEGER
16              How many character per line to allow.  [default: 88]
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18       --check
19              Don't write the files back, just return the status.  Return code
20              0 means nothing would change.  Return code 1  means  some  files
21              would be reformatted.  Return code 123 means there was an inter‐
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24       --diff Don't write the files back, just output a diff for each file  on
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27       --fast / --safe
28              If --fast given, skip temporary sanity checks. [default: --safe]
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30       -q, --quiet
31              Don't  emit non-error messages to stderr. Errors are still emit‐
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35              Show the version and exit.
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39black Manual                      04-May-2018                         BLACK(1)