# ansible-lint

> Apply rules and follow best practices with your automation content.
> More information: <https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/lint/>.

- Lint a specific playbook and a role directory:

`ansible-lint {{path/to/playbook_file}} {{path/to/role_directory}}`

- Lint a playbook while excluding specific rules:

`ansible-lint {{[-x|--exclude-rules]}} {{rule1,rule2,...}} {{path/to/playbook_file}}`

- Lint a playbook in offline mode and format output as PEP8:

`ansible-lint {{[-o|--offline]}} {{[-p|--parseable]}} {{path/to/playbook_file}}`

- Lint a playbook using a custom rules directory:

`ansible-lint {{[-r|--rules]}} {{path/to/custom_rules_directory}} {{path/to/playbook_file}}`

- Lint all Ansible content recursively in a given directory:

`ansible-lint {{path/to/project_directory}}`