---
name: "yapf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "yapf"
version: "0.25.0-2.1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yapf"
---

# yapf(1)

Python code formatter

## NAME

yapf - Python code formatter

## SYNOPSIS

**yapf** \[*-h*\] \[*-v*\] \[*-d \| -i*\] \[*-r \| -l START-END*\] \[*-e PATTERN*\] \[--style STYLE\] \[--style-help\] \[--no-local-style\] \[files \[files ...\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

yapf is a Python code formatter for Python 2.

## OPTIONS

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

  show this help message and exit

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

  show version number and exit

- **-d**, **--diff**

  print the diff for the fixed source

- **-i**, **--in-place**

  make changes to files in place

- **-r**, **--recursive**

  run recursively over directories

- **-l** START-END, **--lines** START-END

  range of lines to reformat, one-based

- **-e** PATTERN, **--exclude** PATTERN

  patterns for files to exclude from formatting

- **--style** STYLE

  specify formatting style: either a style name (for example "pep8" or "google"), or the name of a file with style settings. The default is pep8 unless a .style.yapf or setup.cfg file located in one of the parent directories of the source file (or current directory for stdin)

- **--style-help**

  show style settings and exit

- **--no-local-style**

  don't search for local style definition (.style.yapf)

-

  \[--style STYLE\] \[--style-help\] \[--no-local-style\] \[files \[files ...\]\]

## SEE ALSO

Usage examples along with detailed information on configuring formatting style can be found at https://github.com/google/yapf/.