## zowe › plugins › validate

Validate a plug-in that has been installed.

#### Usage

zowe plugins validate [plugin] [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `plugin` (string)

  - The name of the plug-in to validate.
    Validation issues identified for this plug-in are displayed.

    If the plug-in argument is omitted, all installed plug-ins are validated.

#### Options

- `--fail-on-error` | `--foe` (boolean)

  - Enables throwing an error and setting an error code if plugin validation detects an error.

    Default value: true

- `--fail-on-warning` | `--fow` (boolean)

  - Treat validation warnings as errors. Requires fail-on-error.

    Default value: false

#### Examples

- Validate a plug-in named my-plugin:

  - `zowe plugins validate my-plugin`

- Validate all installed plug-ins:

  - `zowe plugins validate`

- Validate a plug-in named my-plugin, and treat warnings as errors:

  - `zowe plugins validate my-plugin --fail-on-warning`