diff --git a/scripts/python/Makefile.in b/scripts/python/Makefile.in
index 46e809f..4ecff78 100644
--- a/scripts/python/Makefile.in
+++ b/scripts/python/Makefile.in
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ CXX_SRCS := $(wildcard *.cpp)
 CXX_LINT := ${CXX_SRCS:.cpp=.lint}
 
 .PHONY: cpplint-all
-cpplint-all: $(CXX_LINT)
-
-%.lint: %.cpp
-	@python ../../python/cpplint.py --verbose=0 --linelength=100 --filter=-legal/copyright,-build/include_order,-build/c++11,-build/namespaces,-build/class,-build/include,-build/include_subdir,-readability/inheritance,-readability/function,-readability/casting,-readability/namespace,-readability/alt_tokens,-readability/braces,-readability/fn_size,-whitespace/comments,-whitespace/braces,-whitespace/empty_loop_body,-whitespace/indent,-whitespace/newline,-runtime/explicit,-runtime/arrays,-runtime/int,-runtime/references,-runtime/string,-runtime/operator $< || (cat $< | nl -ba | grep -v 'md-split' && false)
+cpplint-all:
+	@python  ../../python/cpplint_wrap.py  *.cpp
 
diff --git a/scripts/python/cpplint_wrap.py b/scripts/python/cpplint_wrap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd7a9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/python/cpplint_wrap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+## wraps local cpplint to produce verbose output without code harness
+import cpplint
+import sys
+
+def main():
+    FILTERS='cpplint --verbose=0 --linelength=100 --filter=-legal/copyright,-build/include_order,-build/c++11,-build/namespaces,-build/class,-build/include,-build/include_subdir,-readability/inheritance,-readability/function,-readability/casting,-readability/namespace,-readability/alt_tokens,-readability/braces,-readability/fn_size,-whitespace/comments,-whitespace/braces,-whitespace/empty_loop_body,-whitespace/indent,-whitespace/newline,-runtime/explicit,-runtime/arrays,-runtime/int,-runtime/references,-runtime/string,-runtime/operator'.split(' ')
+
+    result = False
+    files = sys.argv[1:]
+    for loopfile in files:
+        newargs = FILTERS + [loopfile]
+        sys.argv = newargs
+
+        try:
+            cpplint.main()
+        except SystemExit as e:
+            last_result = e.args[0]
+            result = result or last_result
+            if (last_result):
+                write_code_lines(loopfile)
+    sys.exit(result)
+
+def write_code_lines(filename):
+    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        linenum = 1
+        for line in f:
+            if (not '// by md-split' in line):
+                sys.stdout.write('%3d  %s' % (linenum, line))
+            linenum += 1
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()