---
name: "hurlfmt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hurl"
version: "8.1.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hurlfmt"
---

# hurlfmt(1)

format Hurl files

## NAME

hurlfmt - format Hurl files

## SYNOPSIS

**hurlfmt** \[options\] \[FILE...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**hurlfmt** formats Hurl files and converts them from/to other formats.

With no FILE, read standard input.

By default, hurlfmt outputs a formatted and colorized version of the input hurl file.

    $ hurl hello.hurl\
     GET http://localhost:8000/hello

    HTTP/1.0 200

hurlfmt can be used to convert to other format.

    $ hurl hello.hurl --output json \| jq\
     {\
       "entries": \[\
         {\
           "request": {\
             "method": "GET",\
             "url": "http://localhost:8000/hello"\
           },\
           "response": {\
             "version": "HTTP/1.0",\
             "status": 200\
           }\
         }\
       \]\
     }

hurlfmt can also be used to convert a curl command-line to Hurl

    $ echo "curl http://localhost:8000/custom-headers -H 'Fruit:Raspberry'" \| hurlfmt --in curl\
     GET http://localhost:8000/custom-headers\
     Fruit: Raspberry

## ALL OPTIONS

- \--check

  Run in check mode. Exits with 0 if input is formatted correctly, 1 otherwise.

  This can not be used with *--output*.

  This option is not stable yet.

- \--color

  Colorize Output.

  This can not be used *--in-place*.

- \--in \<FORMAT\>

  Specify input format: hurl or curl.

- \--in-place

  Modify file in place.

  This can be used only with text output.

- \--no-color

  Do not colorize output.

- \--out \<FORMAT\>

  Specify output format: hurl, json or html.

- \-o, --output \<FILE\>

  Write output to FILE instead of stdout.

- \--standalone

  Output full html file with css instead of html fragment (default).

  This can be used only with html output.

- \-h, --help

  Usage help.

- \-V, --version

  Prints version information

## EXIT CODES

### 1

Failed to parse command-line options.

### 2

Input File Parsing Error.

## WWW

*https://hurl.dev*

## SEE ALSO

[hurl(1)](/hurl/1.md)