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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-shell lint-shell-all lint-shell-modified
+
+have-shell-sources := $(if $(strip $(SHELL_SOURCES)),true)
+SHELL_SOURCES      ?= $(error SHELL_SOURCES= required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Use the shell command to perform syntax checking.
+##   % make lint
+##   % make lint-shell-all
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifndef NO-LINT-SHELL
+  lint-shell-mode := $(if $(have-shell-sources),modified,all)
+  lint : lint-shell-$(lint-shell-mode)
+endif# NO-LINT-SHELL
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: exhaustive shell syntax checking
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+shellcheck-find-args := $(null)
+shellcheck-find-args += -name '$(venv-name)'
+shellcheck-find-args += -o -name 'staging'
+lint-shell-all:
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-shellcheck-install
+
+	find . \( $(shellcheck-find-args) \) -prune -name '*.sh' -print0 \
+	    | $(xargs-n1-clean) shellcheck
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: check deps for format and python3 cleanliness
+## Note:
+##   shell --py3k option no longer supported
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-shell-modified:
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory lint-shell-install
+
+	shellcheck $(SHELL_SOURCES)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent:
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: lint-shellcheck-install
+lint-shellcheck-install:
+	@echo
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+	@echo '** command shell syntax checking'
+	@echo "** -----------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+        # {apt-get,rpm,yum} install shellcheck
+	shellcheck --version
+	@echo
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display command usage
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo '  lint-shell            Syntax check sources using shellcheck'
+
+help-verbose += help-shell-verbose
+help-shell-verbose:
+	@echo
+	@echo '  $(MAKE) lint-shell SHELL_SOURCES=...'
+	@echo '  lint-shell-modified  shell checking: only modified'
+	@echo '  lint-shell-all       shell checking: exhaustive'
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]