java -jar checkstyle-8.15-all.jar -h
Usage: checkstyle [-dghjJtTV] [--executeIgnoredModules] [--tabWidth=<tabWidth>]
[-c=<configurationFile>] [-C=<checkerThreadsNumber>] [-f=<format>]
[-o=<outputPath>] [-p=<propertiesFile>] [-s=<suppressionLineColumnNumber>]
[-W=<treeWalkerThreadsNumber>] [-e=<exclude>]... [-x=<excludeRegex>]... <files>...
Checkstyle verifies that the specified source code files adhere to the specified rules. By default
errors are reported to standard out in plain format. Checkstyle requires a configuration XML file
that configures the checks to apply.
<files>... One or more source files to verify
--executeIgnoredModules
Allows ignored modules to be run.
--tabWidth=<tabWidth> Sets the length of the tab character. Used only with "-s" option. Default
value is 8
-c=<configurationFile> Sets the check configuration file to use.
-C, --checker-threads-number=<checkerThreadsNumber>
(experimental) The number of Checker threads (must be greater than zero)
-d, --debug Print all debug logging of CheckStyle utility
-e, --exclude=<exclude> Directory path to exclude from CheckStyle
-f=<format> Sets the output format. Valid values: xml, plain. Defaults to plain
-g, --generate-xpath-suppression
Generates to output a suppression.xml to use to suppress all violations from
user's config
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-j, --javadocTree Print Parse tree of the Javadoc comment
-J, --treeWithJavadoc Print full Abstract Syntax Tree of the file
-o=<outputPath> Sets the output file. Defaults to stdout
-p=<propertiesFile> Loads the properties file
-s=<suppressionLineColumnNumber>
Print xpath suppressions at the file's line and column position. Argument is
the line and column number (separated by a : ) in the file that the
suppression should be generated for
-t, --tree Print Abstract Syntax Tree(AST) of the file
-T, --treeWithComments Print Abstract Syntax Tree(AST) of the file including comments
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
-W, --tree-walker-threads-number=<treeWalkerThreadsNumber>
(experimental) The number of TreeWalker threads (must be greater than zero)
-x, --exclude-regexp=<excludeRegex>
Regular expression of directory to exclude from CheckStyle
