Shellcheck NPM

shellcheck

ShellCheck - A shell script static analysis tool.

Downloads the most recent version of koalaman's ShellCheck.

Installation

Warning: Node.js version >= 18.4.0 || >= 16.17.0 is required

npm install --save-dev shellcheck

Usage

Note: On first execution shellcheck it's automatically downloaded
Note: It's recommended to execute shellcheck using npx
Note: Proxy support via HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY environment variables
Note: By default, all GitHub requests are anonymous. If you encounter error 403 | rate limit exceeded (e.g., in CI), set the environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN to use your own personal access token

Execute shellcheck directly from your npm scripts:

{
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "npx shellcheck path/to/script.sh"
  }
}

Programmatic

Note: More functions, utilities, and constants are available

import { shellcheck, download, config } from 'shellcheck';

/**
 * Spawn ShellCheck.
 * Download ShellCheck if not found or invalid.
 */
await shellcheck({
  // Options..
});

/**
 * Download ShellCheck.
 */
await download({
  destination: `path/to/destination/shellcheck`
  // destination: `path/to/destination/${config.bin}` // Platform-dependent name (add .exe on Windows)
  // Options...
});