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title: 'workspace-lint - CLI command'
description: 'Lint workspace or list of files.  Note: To exclude files from this lint rule, you can add them to the `.nxignore` file'
---

# workspace-lint

Lint workspace or list of files. Note: To exclude files from this lint rule, you can add them to the `.nxignore` file

## Usage

```bash
nx workspace-lint
```

[Install `nx` globally]({{framework}}/getting-started/nx-setup#install-nx) to invoke the command directly using `nx`, or use `npx nx`, `yarn nx`, or `pnpx nx`.

## Options

### help

Show help

### version

Show version number