License: MIT GitHub release GoDoc
- CLI-friendly: Read HCL from stdin, edit and write to stdout, easily pipe and combine other commands
- Token-based edit: You can update lots of existing HCL files with automation scripts without losing comments.
- Schemaless: No dependency on specific HCL application binary or schema
- Support HCL2 (not HCL1)
- Available operations:
- attribute append/get/rm/set
- block append/get/list/mv/new/rm
- body get
- fmt
The hcledit focuses on editing HCL with command line, doesn't aim for generic query tools. It was originally born for refactoring Terraform configurations, but it's not limited to specific applications. The HCL specification is somewhat generic, so usability takes precedence over strictness if there is room for interpreting meanings in the schemaless approach.
If you are macOS user:
$ brew install minamijoyo/hcledit/hcledit
Download the latest compiled binaries and put it anywhere in your executable path.
https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit/releases
If you have Go 1.23+ development environment:
$ git clone https://github.com/minamijoyo/hcledit
$ cd hcledit/
$ make install
$ hcledit version
$ hcledit --help
A command line editor for HCL
Usage:
hcledit [command]
Available Commands:
attribute Edit attribute
block Edit block
body Edit body
fmt Format file
help Help about any command
version Print version
Flags:
-f, --file string A path of input file (default "-")
-h, --help help for hcledit
-u, --update Update files in-place
Use "hcledit [command] --help" for more information about a command.
$ hcledit attribute --help
Edit attribute
Usage:
hcledit attribute [flags]
hcledit attribute [command]
Available Commands:
append Append attribute
get Get attribute
rm Remove attribute
set Set attribute
Flags:
-h, --help help for attribute
Global Flags:
-f, --file string A path of input file (default "-")
-u, --update Update files in-place
Use "hcledit attribute [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Given the following file:
resource "foo" "bar" { attr1 = "val1" nested { attr2 = "val2" } }
$ cat tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute get resource.foo.bar.nested.attr2
"val2"
$ cat tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute set resource.foo.bar.nested.attr2 '"val3"'
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
nested {
attr2 = "val3"
}
}
$ cat tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute rm resource.foo.bar.attr1
resource "foo" "bar" {
nested {
attr2 = "val2"
}
}
$ cat tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute append resource.foo.bar.nested.attr3 '"val3"' --newline
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
nested {
attr2 = "val2"
attr3 = "val3"
}
}
$ hcledit block --help
Edit block
Usage:
hcledit block [flags]
hcledit block [command]
Available Commands:
append Append block
get Get block
list List block
mv Move block (Rename block type and labels)
new Create a new block
rm Remove block
Flags:
-h, --help help for block
Global Flags:
-f, --file string A path of input file (default "-")
-u, --update Update files in-place
Use "hcledit block [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Given the following file:
resource "foo" "bar" { attr1 = "val1" } resource "foo" "baz" { attr1 = "val2" }
$ cat tmp/block.hcl | hcledit block list
resource.foo.bar
resource.foo.baz
$ cat tmp/block.hcl | hcledit block get resource.foo.bar
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
}
$ cat tmp/block.hcl | hcledit block mv resource.foo.bar resource.foo.qux
resource "foo" "qux" {
attr1 = "val1"
}
resource "foo" "baz" {
attr1 = "val2"
}
$ cat tmp/block.hcl | hcledit block rm resource.foo.baz
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
}
$ cat tmp/block.hcl | hcledit block append resource.foo.bar block1.label1 --newline
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
block1 "label1" {
}
}
resource "foo" "baz" {
attr1 = "val2"
}
$ cat tmp/block.hcl | hcledit block new resource foo qux
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
}
resource "foo" "baz" {
attr1 = "val2"
}
resource "foo" "qux" {
}
$ hcledit body --help
Edit body
Usage:
hcledit body [flags]
hcledit body [command]
Available Commands:
get Get body
Flags:
-h, --help help for body
Global Flags:
-f, --file string A path of input file (default "-")
-u, --update Update files in-place
Use "hcledit body [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Given the following file:
resource "foo" "bar" { attr1 = "val1" nested { attr2 = "val2" } }
$ cat tmp/body.hcl | hcledit body get resource.foo.bar
attr1 = "val1"
nested {
attr2 = "val2"
}
$ hcledit fmt --help
Format a file to a caconical style
Usage:
hcledit fmt [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for fmt
Global Flags:
-f, --file string A path of input file (default "-")
-u, --update Update files in-place
Given the following file:
$ cat tmp/fmt.hcl
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
attr2="val2"
}
$ cat tmp/fmt.hcl | hcledit fmt
resource "foo" "bar" {
attr1 = "val1"
attr2 = "val2"
}
Address escaping is supported for labels that contain ..
Given the following file:
resource "foo.bar" { attr1 = "val1" nested { attr2 = "val2" } }
$ cat tmp/attr.hcl | hcledit attribute get 'resource.foo\.bar.nested.attr2'
"val2"
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