# markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default > An output formatter for [`markdownlint-cli2`][markdownlint-cli2] that produces > the same output as [`markdownlint-cli`][markdownlint-cli] [![npm version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![License][license-image]][license-url] ## Install ```bash npm install markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default --save-dev ``` ## Use No action is necessary; this is the default output formatter for `markdownlint-cli2`. To reference it directly in `.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc`: ```json { "outputFormatters": [ [ "markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default" ] ] } ``` ## Example ```text dir/about.md:1:3 error MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx Multiple spaces inside hashes on closed atx style heading [Context: "# About #"] dir/about.md:1:10 error MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx Multiple spaces inside hashes on closed atx style heading [Context: "# About #"] dir/about.md:4 error MD032/blanks-around-lists Lists should be surrounded by blank lines [Context: "1. List"] dir/about.md:5:1 error MD029/ol-prefix Ordered list item prefix [Expected: 2; Actual: 3; Style: 1/2/3] dir/subdir/info.md:1 error MD022/blanks-around-headings Headings should be surrounded by blank lines [Expected: 1; Actual: 0; Below] [Context: "## Information"] dir/subdir/info.md:1 error MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1 First line in a file should be a top-level heading [Context: "## Information"] dir/subdir/info.md:2:7 error MD038/no-space-in-code Spaces inside code span elements [Context: "` code1`"] dir/subdir/info.md:2:26 error MD038/no-space-in-code Spaces inside code span elements [Context: "`code2 `"] dir/subdir/info.md:4 error MD012/no-multiple-blanks Multiple consecutive blank lines [Expected: 1; Actual: 2] viewme.md:3:10 error MD009/no-trailing-spaces Trailing spaces [Expected: 0 or 2; Actual: 1] viewme.md:5 warning MD012/no-multiple-blanks Multiple consecutive blank lines [Expected: 1; Actual: 2] viewme.md:6 error MD025/single-title/single-h1 Multiple top-level headings in the same document [Context: "Description"] viewme.md:12:4 error MD019/no-multiple-space-atx Multiple spaces after hash on atx style heading [Context: "## Summary"] viewme.md:14:14 warning MD047/single-trailing-newline Files should end with a single newline character ``` [license-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/l/markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default.svg [license-url]: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT [markdownlint-cli]: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli [markdownlint-cli2]: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2 [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default.svg [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default