diff --git a/test/test-golangci-lint.sh b/test/test-golangci-lint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# check a bunch of linters with the golangci_lint
+# TODO: run this from the test-golint.sh file instead to check for deltas
+
+echo running "$0"
+
+# ensure golangci_lint is available
+command -v golangci-lint >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "golangci-lint not found"; exit 1; }
+
+#ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && cd .. && pwd )"	# dir!
+ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+cd "${ROOT}"
+. test/util.sh
+
+failures=''
+function run-test()
+{
+	$@ || failures=$( [ -n "$failures" ] && echo "$failures\\n$@" || echo "$@" )
+}
+
+# TODO: run more linters here if we're brave...
+gml='golangci-lint run --disable-all'
+
+# enable linters here
+gml="$gml --enable=goimports"
+gml="$gml --enable=revive"
+gml="$gml --enable=misspell"
+
+# exclude files and directories here:
+# gml = "$gml --skip-files=EnterFileName"
+# gml = "$gml --skip-dirs=EnterDirName"
+
+golangci_lint="$gml"	# final
+echo "Using: $golangci_lint"
+
+# loop through directories in an attempt to scan each go package
+# TODO: lint the *.go examples as individual files and not as a single *.go
+for dir in `find * -maxdepth 9 -type d -not -path 'old/*' -not -path 'old' -not -path 'tmp/*' -not -path 'tmp' -not -path 'vendor/*' -not -path 'examples/*' -not -path 'test/*'`; do
+	#echo "Running in: $dir"
+
+	match="$dir/*.go"
+	#echo "match is: $match"
+	if ! ls $match &>/dev/null; then
+		#echo "skipping: $match"
+		continue	# no *.go files found
+	fi
+
+	#echo "Running: $golangci_lint '$dir'"
+	run-test $golangci_lint "$dir" || fail_test "golangci_lint did not pass"
+done
+
+if [[ -n "$failures" ]]; then
+	echo 'FAIL'
+	echo 'The following tests have failed:'
+	echo -e "$failures"
+	echo
+	exit 1
+fi
+echo 'PASS'