cryptonas/bin/do_pylint.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# set some environmental variables for pylint and run it
#

PROJ_DIR=$(dirname "$0")/..
PROJ_DIR=$(cd "$PROJ_DIR"; pwd)

PYLINTRC=$PROJ_DIR/src/pylintrc
PYTHONPATH=$PROJ_DIR/src

function check_for_filename()
{
	# maybe the argument is a file instead of a module name
	if echo "$1" | grep -q "\.py$" && test -e "$1"
	  then	local FILE_DIR=$(dirname "$1")
		local MODULE=$(basename "${1%.py}")
		ARGS="${ARGS} ${MODULE}"
		PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:${FILE_DIR}"
	  else	ARGS="${ARGS} ${1}"
	 fi
}

while test $# -gt 0
  do	check_for_filename "$1"
	shift
 done

export PYTHONPATH
export PYLINTRC

[ ! -x /usr/bin/pylint ] && echo >&2 "please run \"apt-get install pylint\" first" && exit 1

pylint $ARGS