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page_title: "Command: validate"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-validate"
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The `terraform validate` command is used to validate the syntax of the terraform files.
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# Command: validate
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The `terraform validate` command is used to validate the syntax of the terraform files.
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Terraform performs a syntax check on all the terraform files in the directory,
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and will display an error if any of the files doesn't validate.
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This command **does not** check formatting (e.g. tabs vs spaces, newlines, comments etc.).
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The following can be reported:
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* invalid [HCL](https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl) syntax (e.g. missing trailing quote or equal sign)
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* invalid HCL references (e.g. variable name or attribute which doesn't exist)
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* same `provider` declared multiple times
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* same `module` declared multiple times
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* same `resource` declared multiple times
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* invalid `module` name
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* interpolation used in places where it's unsupported
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(e.g. `variable`, `depends_on`, `module.source`, `provider`)
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform validate [dir]`
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By default, `validate` requires no flags and looks in the current directory
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for the configurations. |