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/usr/bin/symilar

A static code analyser for Python 2 and 3

From pylint 4.1.3-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running symilar --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: symilar [-h] [-d DUPLICATES] [-i] [--ignore-docstrings] [--ignore-imports]
               [--ignore-signatures]
               files [files ...]

Finds copy pasted blocks in a set of files.

positional arguments:
  files

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --duplicates DUPLICATES
                        Minimum lines number of a similarity. Setting it to 0 will disable the
                        check, but you should use disable=duplicate-code instead.
  -i, --ignore-comments
                        Comments are removed from the similarity computation
  --ignore-docstrings   Docstrings are removed from the similarity computation
  --ignore-imports      Imports are removed from the similarity computation
  --ignore-signatures   Signatures are removed from the similarity computation
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-d, --duplicates DUPLICATESMinimum lines number of a similarity.help
-i, --ignore-commentsComments are removed from the similarity computationhelp
--ignore-docstringsDocstrings are removed from the similarity computationhelp
--ignore-importsImports are removed from the similarity computationhelp
--ignore-signaturesSignatures are removed from the similarity computationhelp

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