---
name: "mmllint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mmllib-tools"
version: "1.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mmllint"
---

# mmllint(1)

check correctness of MMLlib MML files

## NAME

**mmllint** – check correctness of MMLlib MML files

## SYNOPSIS

**mmllint** \[**-h**\] \[**-q**\] *path\_or\_mml*

## DESCRIPTION

**mmllint** is a tool to check various aspects of Music Macro Language files with MMLlib.

## USAGE

- \[**-h**\]

  Show usage information.

- \[**-q**\]

  Only output summary, not timed list parser output.

- *path\_or\_mml*

  Path to the MML file to check or a MML string.

## SEE ALSO

- */usr/share/doc/mmllib-tools/MMLFILE.rst*

  Description of the Music Macro Language format.

## AUTHORS

Written for the Debian project by Dominik George ⟨*nik@naturalnet.de*⟩. The man page does not qualify for copyright protection; it is shipped with the mmllib-tools package, see the copyright file under */usr/share/doc/mmllib-toolse/copyright*.