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cppcheck:tldr:3ac55
cppcheck: Recursively check the current directory, showing progress on the screen and logging error messages to a file.
$ cppcheck . 2> cppcheck.log
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This command is used to run the cppcheck
tool on the current directory (.
represents the current directory).
cppcheck
is a static analysis tool for C/C++ code that helps detect potential bugs, code inefficiencies, and style issues in the codebase.
In this command, 2>
is a redirection operator that redirects the standard error output of the cppcheck
command. By using 2>
, any error messages or warnings generated by cppcheck
will be redirected to the file cppcheck.log
instead of being displayed on the terminal.
So, the command cppcheck . 2> cppcheck.log
will analyze the C/C++ code in the current directory using cppcheck
, and any error messages or warnings will be saved in the file named cppcheck.log
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.