PYNWB-VALIDATE(1)

✨ NAME ✨

pynwb-validate — the lil command that validates an NWB file 💖 okay bestie this is literally your vibe-check tool for NWB files, it looks at them and tells you if they're valid or not, no cap

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pynwb-validate [-h] [-lns] [-n NS] [--json-output-path JSON_OUTPUT_PATH]
[--no-cached-namespace] paths [paths ...]

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

okay so here's the tea: if --ns is not specified, it validates against all namespaces in the NWB file. all of them. every single one. slay 💅

🎀 POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS 🎀

• paths — NWB file paths. yes plural, you can hand it more than one, it's flexible like that 🫶

💜 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS 💜

• -h, --help — shows you a help message and then dips (exits). iconic behaviour honestly ✨
• -lns, --list-namespaces — lists the available namespaces and exits. just a lil peek at what's in there, then it's out 👑
• -n, --ns NS — the namespace you wanna validate against. pick your fighter ⭐
• --json-output-path JSON_OUTPUT_PATH — writes json output to this location. if you want receipts in json form, this is where you tell it to put them 🍓
• --no-cached-namespace — use the namespaces installed by PyNWB (true) or use the cached namespaces (false; default). so like, true = PyNWB's own installed namespaces, false = the cached ones, and false is the default just so you know 💀

and that's the whole page bestie, no notes 💅

this lil masterpiece dropped December 2025, from the PYNWB-VALIDATE(1) User Commands era — go validate something, you got this 🌈💖✨