---
title: 'format:write - CLI command'
description: 'Overwrite un-formatted files'
---

# format:write

Overwrite un-formatted files

## Usage

```shell
nx format:write
```

Install `nx` globally to invoke the command directly using `nx`, or use `npx nx`, `yarn nx`, or `pnpm nx`.

## Options

| Option            | Type    | Description                                                                                                                            |
| ----------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--all`           | boolean | Format all projects                                                                                                                    |
| `--base`          | string  | Base of the current branch (usually main)                                                                                              |
| `--exclude`       | string  | Exclude certain projects from being processed                                                                                          |
| `--files`         | string  | Change the way Nx is calculating the affected command by providing directly changed files, list of files delimited by commas or spaces |
| `--head`          | string  | Latest commit of the current branch (usually HEAD)                                                                                     |
| `--help`          | boolean | Show help                                                                                                                              |
| `--libs-and-apps` | boolean | Format only libraries and applications files.                                                                                          |
| `--projects`      | string  | Projects to format (comma/space delimited)                                                                                             |
| `--uncommitted`   | boolean | Uncommitted changes                                                                                                                    |
| `--untracked`     | boolean | Untracked changes                                                                                                                      |
| `--version`       | boolean | Show version number                                                                                                                    |