Sort Terraform Variables in Alphabetical Order
Copy of script can be found https://github.com/libre-devops/utils/blob/dev/scripts/terraform/tf-sort.sh
The script takes arguments as inputs, or defaults to reordering a file called input.tf
and will sort your terraform variables in alphabetical order
Here is some handy examples below with various use cases:
Using curl with arguments
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libre-devops/utils/dev/scripts/terraform/tf-sort.sh | bash -s -- variables.tf sorted-vars.tf
Using wget with default behaviour
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libre-devops/utils/dev/scripts/terraform/tf-sort.sh | bash
Using wget with output.tf instead of input
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libre-devops/utils/dev/scripts/terraform/tf-sort.sh | bash -s -- output.tf output.tf
Create Aliases
You can also just make aliases to make this easier
Sort input.tf
echo "alias stfi='curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libre-devops/utils/dev/scripts/terraform/tf-sort.sh | bash -s -- input.tf input.tf'" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
Then:
stfi
Sort output.tf
echo "alias stfo='wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libre-devops/utils/dev/scripts/terraform/tf-sort.sh | bash -s -- output output.tf'" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
Then:
stfo
Source: quickstart/utils/scripts/linux/sort-terraform-variables.md