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Bash Script Formatter
Clean up whitespace and blank lines in a Bash/shell script — a light touch-up, not a shell-aware reformatter.
How to Use Bash Script Formatter
- 1Paste your Bash/shell script
- 2Click Process
- 3Copy the whitespace-cleaned output
- 4For real formatting, run it through shfmt; for bug-checking, use shellcheck.net
Frequently Asked Questions
No — it only performs generic whitespace cleanup (collapsing 3+ blank lines, trimming trailing spaces). It doesn't reindent based on block structure like if/then/fi or for/do/done.
shfmt is a dedicated shell script formatter that understands Bash syntax properly — this tool's own output points you toward proper tooling for anything beyond whitespace cleanup.
No — for that, use shellcheck.net, a real static analyzer for shell scripts.
No — cleanup runs entirely in your browser.
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