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autoflake — Remove unused imports and variables from Python code. More information: <https://github.com/PyCQA/au

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Problem

How to use the autoflake command: Remove unused imports and variables from Python code. More information: <https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake#advanced-usage>.

Solution

autoflake — Remove unused imports and variables from Python code. More information: <https://github.com/PyCQA/autoflake#advanced-usage>.

Remove unused variables from a single file and display the diff:
autoflake --remove-unused-variables {{path/to/file.py}}


Remove unused imports from multiple files and display the diffs:
autoflake --remove-all-unused-imports {{path/to/file1.py path/to/file2.py ...}}


Remove unused variables from a file, overwriting the file:
autoflake --remove-unused-variables --in-place {{path/to/file.py}}


Remove unused variables recursively from all files in a directory, overwriting each file:
autoflake --remove-unused-variables --in-place --recursive {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

Remove unused variables from a single file and display the diff

autoflake --remove-unused-variables {{path/to/file.py}}

Remove unused imports from multiple files and display the diffs

autoflake --remove-all-unused-imports {{path/to/file1.py path/to/file2.py ...}}

Remove unused variables from a file, overwriting the file

autoflake --remove-unused-variables --in-place {{path/to/file.py}}

Remove unused variables recursively from all files in a directory, overwriting each file

autoflake --remove-unused-variables --in-place --recursive {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/autoflake

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