If you aren't aware of what a specific message from pylint means and need more information, you can run the following command with the message's symbolic name to learn more:
```bash
$ pylint --help-msg=missing-module-docstring
:missing-module-docstring (C0114): *Missing module docstring*
  Used when a module has no docstring. Empty modules do not require a docstring.
  This message belongs to the basic checker.
```

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Each line of pylint output can be broken into 4 parts. We can break them down with the following example:

simplecaesar.py:3:0: W0301: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)

The first part of the output will be the name of the file with a given mesasge, such as simplesaesar.py

This will be followed by the row and column, and then the id of the message, such as "W0301".

The message will be followed by the actual message itself, and then a symbolic name for the message, which in this example is "unnecessary-semicolon"

Understanding Pylint Output

Pylint documentation

By default, pylint outputs messages with the following template:
'{msg_id}:{line:3d},{column}: {obj}: {msg}'

One can customize how their messages are being presented with pylint by running it with the following argument:
```bash
$ pylint --msg-template=<formatted string>
```

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