Run Pylint for all Python files in a directory and all subdirectories

Question

I have

find . -iname \"*.py\" -exec pylint -E {} ;\\

and

FILES=$(find . -iname \"*.py\")
pylint -E $FILES

If

Answer 1

To run Pylint in all subdirectories,

pylint $(find [a-z]* -type d)

This solution is simpler and more direct than others. It works with no setup, including on macOS which doesn't have Bash 4.

The reason for the [a-z]* is because most projects have Git or other magic subdirectories, which would pollute the results. If you have subdirectories starting with Capital Letters, use this variant:

pylint $(find [a-zA-Z]* -type d)