---
name: "ripper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ripper"
version: "0.0~git20150415.0.bd1a682-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ripper"
---

# ripper(1)

scrape licenses out of file

## NAME

**ripper** - scrape licenses out of file

## SYNOPSIS

```
ripper
```

## DESCRIPTION

**Ripper inspect source files and show the license if it found. It**  **support directories or files as argument, but it doesn't support**  **search in subdirectories. The command was developed in Go language.** **PP.** **Currently, supports ripping out head paths of the Apache License**  **formatted with "// Copyright..."**

## EXAMPLES

```
Files
$ripper foo.go bar.c
```

**Directories**

**$ripper foo\_directory bar\_directory**

## SEE ALSO

**[ripper(1)](/ripper/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

**The Ripper was written by Emmanuel Odeke \<emm.odeke@gmail.com\>.**

**This manual pag'e was written by Fernando Ike de Oliveira \<fike@midstorm.org\>** **for the Debian project (but may be used by others).**