Not every formatter accepts STDIN

[bilogic]

In such a case, it might be simpler to just provide the file path to the formatter. Is that possible?

Thank you.

[ajstensland]

A workaround for me is using the special - argument as a file path to read the file contents from STDIN.

e.g. If your formatter expects a file path like this: formatter file.ext ...then you may be able to provide this instead: formatter -

[dhjw]

Brilliant @ajstensland it's working with black-with-tabs. Thanks