pip install pylint pylint --generate-rcfile > pylint.rc pylint --rcfile=pylint.rc your_directory ************* Module your_file.py your_file.py:10:0: C0103: Constant name "foo" doesn't conform to UPPER_CASE naming style (invalid-name) your_file.py:15:4: C0111: Missing module docstring (missing-docstring) your_file.py:25:0: C0303: Trailing whitespace (trailing-whitespace) your_file.py:35:4: W0612: Unused variable 'bar' (unused-variable) your_file.py:50:4: R0914: Too many local variables (22/15) (too-many-locals)