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Faster Validating

Download the vnu.jar file from GitHub.

• Go to the GitHub page: https://github.com/validator/validator.github.io
• Click on the releases link (middle of the page towards the top)
• Download the latest release of the vnu.jar file.
• Extract the vnu.jar file and copy it to your home folder (the one with your username)

Make sure all of your class files are downloaded to TempMedia

• Open the Terminal application (type terminal into Spotlight to find it)
• Type the following into Terminal exactly (make sure there's a space at the end)

  cd 

• Drag your website folder from a Finder window and drop it into the Terminal window. You should see the path to the folder appear.
• Press Enter

Copy the following to validate all of your html pages. The output will show up in the terminal window.

for file in $(find . -type f -name '*.html'); do 
  echo "### $file";
  java -jar ~/vnu.jar --skip-non-html  --errors-only --format text $file;
  echo "";
  echo "";
done;

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