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page_title: policy fmt - Command
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  The "policy fmt" formats a local policy file to the policy specification. This
  command will overwrite the file at the given PATH with the properly-formatted
  policy file contents.
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# policy fmt

The `policy fmt` formats a local policy file to the policy specification. This
command will overwrite the file at the given PATH with the properly-formatted
policy file contents.

## Examples

Format the local file "my-policy.hcl":

```shell-session
$ vault policy fmt my-policy.hcl
```

## Usage

There are no flags beyond the [standard set of flags](/vault/docs/commands)
included on all commands.