nomad fmt command reference

The nomad fmt command rewrites Nomad configuration and job specification files to canonical format. Use this command to improve readability and enforce consistency of style in Nomad files.

Usage

nomad fmt [options] paths ...

If a path is a directory, the command recursively formats all files with .nomad and .hcl extensions in the directory. If you provide a single dash (-) as an argument, the nomad fmt command reads from standard input and writes the processed text to standard output.

The nomad fmt command checks the syntax against HCL2, the second generation of Hashicorp Configuration Language. Running this command with deprecated HCL1 job specification results in errors.

nomad fmt options

• -check: Check if the files are valid HCL files. If not, exit status of the command will be 1 and the incorrect files will not be formatted. This flag overrides any -write flag value.
• -list: List the files which contain formatting inconsistencies. Defaults to -list=true.
• -recursive: Process files in subdirectories. By default, only the given (or current) directory is processed.
• -write: Overwrite the input files. Defaults to -write=true.

Examples

$ cat agent.hcl
server {
    enabled = true
  bootstrap_expect = 1
}

client {
  enabled = true
}

$ nomad fmt
agent.hcl

$ cat agent.hcl
server {
  enabled          = true
  bootstrap_expect = 1
}

client {
  enabled = true
}