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

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

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

See also

• terraform fmt [ -check | validate | --help ]
• fmt: go fmt, terraform fmt, terragrunt hclfmt
• Linter, cfn-lint , ansible-lint, terraform fmt, go fmt