terraform fmt

terraform fmt command is used to rewrite Terraform configuration files to a canonical format and style.

terraform fmt --help
terraform fmt -diff                          Display diffs of formatting changes
terraform fmt -check
terraform fmt -recursive
terraform fmt -write -recursive
terraform fmt -check -recursive -diff

Examples

Scan .tf files in your current directory:

terraform fmt

(no output)

main.tf has been formated:

terraform fmt
main.tf

terraform fmt 
main.tf
variables.tf

terraform fmt -check
(no output)

terraform fmt FileToScan.tf

FileToScan.tf

Activities

• Use vimdiff, icdiff or set list in vim to identify lines with a single space on it.

Related commands

• cfn-lint
• terraform validate
• terraform apply
• Terraform Style Conventions
• terragrunt fmt
• Warning: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
• .pre-commit-config.yaml
• terraform --version
• set list
• vimdiff
• icdiff

See also

• terraform fmt [ -diff | -check | validate | --help ]

https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/fmt.html