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Yes, it’s 2025. Yes, people still write batch scripts. No, they shouldn’t crash.
What It Does
157 rules across Error/Warning/Style/Security/Performance
Catches the nasty stuff: Command injection, path traversal, unsafe temp files
Handles the weird stuff: Variable expansion, FOR loops, multilevel escaping
10MB+ files? No problem. Unicode? Got it. Thread-safe? Always.
Get It Now
pip install Blinter
Or grab the standalone .exe from GitHub Releases
One Command
python -m blinter script.bat
That’s it. No config needed. No ceremony. Just point it at your .bat or .cmd files.
The first professional-grade linter for Windows batch files.
Because your automation scripts shouldn’t be held together with duct tape.
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by tboy1337