try this

check-format.sh

@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Find all C++ files and run clang-format on them
-find . -regex '.*\.\(cpp\|hpp\|c\|h\)' -exec clang-format -style=file -output-replacements-xml {} + | grep "<replacement " >/dev/null
+start_dir="."
+echo "Starting format check in directory: $start_dir"
+
+file_count=$(find $start_dir -type f \( -iname "*.cpp" -or -iname "*.hpp" -or -iname "*.c" -or -iname "*.h" \) -not -path "./external/*" | wc -l)
+echo "Total files to check: $file_count"
+
+find $start_dir -type f \( -iname "*.cpp" -or -iname "*.hpp" -or -iname "*.c" -or -iname "*.h" \) -not -path "./external/*" -exec echo "Processing file: {}" \; -exec clang-format -style=file -output-replacements-xml {} + | grep "<replacement " >/dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
     echo "Code formatting differs from clang-format's style"
     exit 1
+else
+    echo "All files formatted correctly."
 fi