<html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Chapter 5. Using the FindBugs™ Command Line Interface</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="FindBugs™ Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="FindBugs™ Manual"><link rel="prev" href="gui.html" title="Chapter 4. Using the FindBugs™ Graphical User Interface"><link rel="next" href="anttask.html" title="Chapter 6. Using the FindBugs™ Ant task"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 5. Using the <span class="application">FindBugs</span>™ Command Line Interface</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gui.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="anttask.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="textui"></a>Chapter 5. Using the <span class="application">FindBugs</span>™ Command Line Interface</h2></div></div></div><p> The <span class="application">FindBugs</span> Command Line Interface (or Text UI) can be used to analyze an application for bugs non-interactively. Each bug instance will be reported on a single line. All output is written to the standard output file descriptor. <a href="filter.html" title="Chapter 8. Filter Files">Chapter 8, <i>Filter Files</i></a> explains how bug reports may be filtered in order to get only the output you're interested in. </p><p> See <a href="installing.html#commandLineOptions" title="3. Command Line Options">Section 3, “Command Line Options”</a> in <a href="installing.html" title="Chapter 2. Installing and Running FindBugs™">Chapter 2, <i>Installing and Running <span class="application">FindBugs</span>™</i></a> for a description of how to invoke the Command Line Interface. </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gui.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="anttask.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 4. Using the <span class="application">FindBugs</span>™ Graphical User Interface </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 6. Using the <span class="application">FindBugs</span>™ <span class="application">Ant</span> task</td></tr></table></div></body></html>