terraform fmt

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

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

terraform fmt -diff
terraform fmt -check
terraform fmt -write -recursive

Examples

terraform fmt
(no output)

terraform fmt
main.tf

terraform fmt 
main.tf
variables.tf

• terraform fmt -check

(no output)

• -diff - Display diffs of formatting changes

Related commands

• go fmt and import "fmt"
• cfn-lint
• Linter
• terraform validate
• terraform apply
• Terraform Style Conventions

See also

• fmt: go fmt, terraform fmt, terragrunt hclfmt
• terraform fmt [ -diff | -check | validate | --help ]
• terraform [untaint | fmt | apply |show | state | init | plan | console | output | validate | destroy | debug | import | providers | get | graph | workspaces | resource | login | -var-file | state mv | state pull | state push | state replace-provider | state rm | force-unlock | env | tfe | --version | remote-exec | delete on termination | deprecated commands | terraform --help]