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

Usage: terraform fmt [options] [DIR]

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
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