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How can I output clang-format results to a file?

I want to use clang-format to dump C/C++ files into disk. I am using this command right now:

clang-format file.c

which reformat the following source code snippet:

int main() {
char name[50];
int marks, i, num;

printf("Enter number of students: ");
scanf("%d", &num);

return 0;
}

To:

int main() {
  char name[50];
  int marks, i, num;

  printf("Enter number of students: ");
  scanf("%d", &num);

  return 0;
}

But, I do not know how can I dump the output of clang-format to a file instead of dumping the results in terminal. Thanks.

Solution

  • You can use Inplace edit with -i option.

    clang-format -i test.c