shellcheck
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Details for shellcheck
Package name
- shellcheck
License
- GPL-3.0+
Last updated
- 4 August 2025 - latest/stable
- 11 June 2026 - latest/edge
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A shell script static analysis tool
ShellCheck is a GPLv3 tool that gives warnings and suggestions for bash/sh shell scripts.
The goals of ShellCheck are
To point out and clarify typical beginner's syntax issues that cause a shell to give cryptic error messages.
To point out and clarify typical intermediate level semantic problems that cause a shell to behave strangely and counter-intuitively.
To point out subtle caveats, corner cases and pitfalls that may cause an advanced user's otherwise working script to fail under future circumstances.
By default ShellCheck can only check non-hidden files under /home, to make
ShellCheck be able to check files under /media and /run/media you must
connect it to the removable-media interface manually:
# snap connect shellcheck:removable-media
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