How to ignore a particular directory or file for tslint?

Update for tslint v5.8.0

As mentioned by Saugat Acharya, you can now update tslint.json CLI Options:

{  "extends": "tslint:latest",  "linterOptions": {      "exclude": [          "bin",          "lib/*generated.js"      ]  }}

More information in this pull request.

This feature has been introduced with tslint 3.6

tslint \"src/**/*.ts\" -e \"**/__test__/**\"

You can now add --exclude (or -e) see PR here.

CLI

usage: tslint [options] file ...Options:-c, --config          configuration file--force               return status code 0 even if there are lint errors-h, --help            display detailed help-i, --init            generate a tslint.json config file in the current working directory-o, --out             output file-r, --rules-dir       rules directory-s, --formatters-dir  formatters directory-e, --exclude         exclude globs from path expansion-t, --format          output format (prose, json, verbose, pmd, msbuild, checkstyle)  [default: "prose"]--test                test that tslint produces the correct output for the specified directory-v, --version         current version

you are looking at using

-e, --exclude         exclude globs from path expansion

Currently using Visual Studio Code and the command to disable tslint is

/* tslint:disable */

Something to note. The disable above disables ALL tslint rules on that page. If you want to disable a specific rule you can specify one/multiple rules.

/* tslint:disable comment-format *//* tslint:disable:rule1 rule2 rule3 etc.. */

Or enable a rule

/* tslint:enable comment-format */

More in depth on TSLint rule flags

In addition to Michael's answer, consider a second way: adding linterOptions.exclude to tslint.json

For example, you may have tslint.json with following lines:

{  "linterOptions": {    "exclude": [      "someDirectory/*.d.ts"    ]  }}