The phplint example isn't a great one. If you use phplint enough you should either: 1) Create a generic shell script as others have stated. 2) Create a Makefi

The phplint example isn't a great one. If you use phplint enough you should either: 1) Create a generic shell script as others have stated. 2) Create a Makefile for your projects with a 'lint' target. If you create many different PHP projects, consider a project template directory with a Makefile that already has this, so that every new project automatically has the functionality: make lint This idea has been around though. I can't recall if I've seen tagging used before, but saving an unexecuted commandline in the shell history by commenting it out is another useful hack that's been around a while.