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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions docs/content/docs/configuration/cli.md
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{{< card link="/docs/linters/configuration/" title="Linter Settings" icon="adjustments" >}}
{{< /cards >}}

> [!NOTE]
> The formatters explicitly defined in the configuration section [`formatters`](/docs/configuration/file/#formatters-configuration) are automatically run by the command [`golangci-lint run`](/docs/configuration/cli/#run).
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> You don't need to run [`golangci-lint fmt`](/docs/configuration/cli/#fmt) before [`golangci-lint run`](/docs/configuration/cli/#run)
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> But the formatters cannot be enabled or disabled inside the `linters` section or the flags `-E/--enable`, `-D/--disable` of the command [`golangci-lint run`](/docs/configuration/cli/#run).
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> The formatters can be enabled/disabled by defining them inside the [`formatters`](/docs/configuration/file/#formatters-configuration) section or by using the flags `-E/--enable`, `-D/--disable` of command [`golangci-lint fmt`](/docs/configuration/cli/#fmt).

{{% cli-output cmd="run" %}}

When the `--cpu-profile-path` or `--mem-profile-path` arguments are specified,
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