Comment all your terraform out in a variety of languages.

commenting_tf_in_different_languages.md

Comment out all your terraform code

vscode snippets for comments

other necessary files included. cmd+alt+b will select the line and make it a full comment block

awk

awk '{print "#" $0}' *.tf

perl

perl -pi -e's/^/#/' *.tf

# try this out
perl -e "print '#'x42 . \"\n#\n\" . '#'x42" | pbcopy

node

node -p 'fs = require("fs");fs.readdirSync(".").filter(x => x.endsWith(".tf")).forEach(y => {fs.readFile(y, "utf8", function (e,z) {if (e) {return console.log(e);};z.split("\n").forEach(l => console.log(`# ${l}`));});})'

vim

Yp - duplicate current line, leaving the cursor at the lower of the two
V - enter visual line mode
k - go up and select both lines
r# - replace every selected character with #. Leaves visual mode and leaves cursor at the upper line.
p - put the yanked line (the original) on the next line.

keybindings.json

[
  {
    "key": "cmd+alt+b",
    "command": "extension.multiCommand.execute",
    "args": { "command": "multiCommand.createTextBlock" },
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
  }
]

settings.json

"multiCommand.commands": [
        {
            "command": "multiCommand.createTextBlock",
            "sequence": [
                "cursorEnd",        
                "cursorHomeSelect",
            {
            "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet", 
            "args": {
                "name": "Create a Text Block",
            }
            },
            "cursorDown"
            ]
        }
    ],

snippet_files.json

{
	"Create a Text Block": {
		"prefix": "tb",
		"body": [
			"##########################################", 
			"# ${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}",
			"##########################################",    
		],
		"description": "create a text block"
	}
}