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+function validate {
+
+    if [[ $1 ]]; then
+        check_path="$1"
+    else
+        check_path="."
+    fi
+
+    echo "run validate on $check_path"
+
+    echo "running black"
+    black --diff --color --check -l 79 "$check_path"
+    echo "running codespell"
+    codespell --skip="./.git" "$check_path"
+    echo "running flake8"
+    flake8 "$check_path" --count --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=79 \
+        --show-source --statistics
+    echo "running isort"
+    isort --check-only --diff --profile black -l 79 "$check_path"
+    printf "    \n> all validations passed\n"
+
+}
+
+exit 0
+
+if [[ $1 == "validate" ]]; then
+    validate
+else
+    echo "valid options are: validate"
+fi
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