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---
date: 2016-04-09T23:00:06+02:00
title: "hugo check"
slug: hugo_check
url: /commands/hugo_check/
---
## hugo check
Check content in the source directory
### Synopsis
Hugo will perform some basic analysis on the content provided
and will give feedback.
```
hugo check
```
### Options
```
-b, --baseURL string hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/
-D, --buildDrafts include content marked as draft
-F, --buildFuture include content with publishdate in the future
--cacheDir string filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
--canonifyURLs if true, all relative URLs will be canonicalized using baseURL
--cleanDestinationDir Remove files from destination not found in static directories
--config string config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
-c, --contentDir string filesystem path to content directory
-d, --destination string filesystem path to write files to
--disableRSS Do not build RSS files
--disableSitemap Do not build Sitemap file
--forceSyncStatic Copy all files when static is changed.
--ignoreCache Ignores the cache directory for reading but still writes to it
-l, --layoutDir string filesystem path to layout directory
--noTimes Don't sync modification time of files
--pluralizeListTitles Pluralize titles in lists using inflect (default true)
--preserveTaxonomyNames Preserve taxonomy names as written ("Gérard Depardieu" vs "gerard-depardieu")
-s, --source string filesystem path to read files relative from
--stepAnalysis display memory and timing of different steps of the program
-t, --theme string theme to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
--uglyURLs if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
--log Enable Logging
--logFile string Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
-v, --verbose verbose output
--verboseLog verbose logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [hugo](/commands/hugo/) - hugo builds your site
* [hugo check ulimit](/commands/hugo_check_ulimit/) - Check system ulimit settings
###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 9-Apr-2016