lintspaces-cli

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CLI tool wrapping the lintspaces library for checking whitespace, indentation, newlines, trailing spaces, and editorconfig compliance in text files. The current stable version is 1.0.0, released with lintspaces v0.12.0, reverting the default .editorconfig loading introduced in v0.8.0. It supports glob patterns, regex ignores, JSON output, and dotfile matching; designed for simple shell usage without a build system. Release cadence is infrequent, with major updates tied to lintspaces releases.

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lintspaces-cli

testingjavascriptv1.0.0

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Pass rate

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Env Coverage0 / 6

glibc

18–22

musl

18–22

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v? · npm install

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

node 18–226 runs

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glibc

node 18–226 runs

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

lintspaces command

✓ Run via npx lintspaces or globally installed lintspaces

This is a CLI tool, not a library; no programmatic API is exported.

Show how to use lintspaces-cli via npx to check JavaScript and CSS files for trailing spaces, newline at EOF, and 2-space indentation.

npx lintspaces -n -t -d spaces -s 2 src/**/*.js src/**/*.css

lintspaces --version

Debug

Known issues

breakingv1.0.0 no longer automatically loads .editorconfig from the current working directory; use -e explicitly if needed.

fix

Add -e .editorconfig or specify the full path to your editorconfig file.

affects: >=1.0.0

deprecatedv0.8.0 introduced automatic .editorconfig loading, but this was reverted in v1.0.0. Relying on the old behavior will break on upgrade.

fix

Update scripts to include -e .editorconfig if needed.

affects: 0.8.0 - 0.8.0

gotchaGlob patterns must be quoted on Unix shells to prevent expansion before being passed to the CLI. E.g., use "src/**/*.js" without quotes may not work.

fix

Always quote glob patterns: lintspaces -n -t "src/**/*.js"

affects: *

gotchaOptions are normalized to lowercase, so --JSON is invalid. Use --json exactly.

fix

Use --json in lowercase.

affects: >=0.7.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Error: Cannot find module 'lintspaces'

Global install of lintspaces-cli doesn't include lintspaces as a dependency?

fix

Ensure lintspaces is installed (npm install -g lintspaces-cli should pull it). If not, install lintspaces globally: npm install -g lintspaces

Invalid regular expression: /[object Object]/: invalid group

Passed --regexignores without properly quoting the regex pattern.

fix

Use properly formatted regex: --regexignores '/\d+/'

is not a file

The glob pattern didn't match any files or matched a directory.

fix

Update to v0.7.1+ or ensure glob only matches files, not directories.

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Version history

1.0.0latest on npm

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/evanshortiss/lintspaces-cli ↗

packagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/lintspaces-cli ↗