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---
layout: docs
page_title: 'Commands: fmt'
description: |
Rewrite Nomad config and job files to canonical format
---
# Command: fmt
The `fmt` commands check the syntax and rewrites Nomad configuration and jobspec
files to canonical format. It can be used to improve readability and enforce
consistency of style in Nomad files.
## Usage
```plaintext
nomad fmt [flags] paths ...
```
Formats Nomad agent configuration and job file to a canonical format. If a path
is a directory, it will recursively format all files with .nomad and .hcl
extensions in the directory.
If you provide a single dash (-) as argument, fmt will read from standard input
(STDIN) and output the processed output to standard output (STDOUT).
## Format Options:
- `-list=false` : Don't list the files, which contain formatting inconsistencies.
- `-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.
- `-write=false` : Don't overwrite the input files.
- `-recursive` : Process also files in subdirectories. By default only the given (or current) directory is processed.
## Examples
```shell-session
$ 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
}
```