---
name: "refurb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "refurb"
version: "1.10.0-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/refurb"
---

# refurb(1)

A tool for refurbishing and modernizing Python codebases

## NAME

refurb — A tool for refurbishing and modernizing Python codebases

## SYNOPSIS

**refurb** \[**-h**\]  \[**-v**\]  \[**--debug**\]  \[**--quiet**\]  \[**--ignore** *ERR\]  \[***--load** *MODULE\]  \[SRC* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **refurb** command.

This manual page was written for the **Debian** distribution  because the original program does not have a manual page.

**refurb** is atool for refurbishing and modernizing Python codebases.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show help message and exit.

- **-v** **--version**

  Print version information.

- **--debug**

  Print the AST representation of all files that where checked.

- **--quiet**

  Suppress default "--explain" suggestion when an error occurs.

- **--ignore** *ERR*

  Ignore an error. Can be repeated.

- **--load** *MODULE*

  Add a module to the list of paths to be searched when looking for checks. Can be repeated.

## ARGUMENTS

- SRC

  A file or folder.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by fladi fladi@debian.org for  the **Debian** system (and may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any  later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.