diff --git a/hclprinter/hclprinter.go b/hclprinter/hclprinter.go
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+package hclprinter
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"text/tabwriter"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/hcl"
+)
+
+type printer struct {
+	cfg Config
+	obj *hcl.Object
+}
+
+func (p *printer) output() []byte {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	fmt.Println("STARTING OUTPUT")
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}
+
+// A Mode value is a set of flags (or 0). They control printing.
+type Mode uint
+
+const (
+	RawFormat Mode = 1 << iota // do not use a tabwriter; if set, UseSpaces is ignored
+	TabIndent                  // use tabs for indentation independent of UseSpaces
+	UseSpaces                  // use spaces instead of tabs for alignment
+)
+
+// A Config node controls the output of Fprint.
+type Config struct {
+	Mode     Mode // default: 0
+	Tabwidth int  // default: 8
+	Indent   int  // default: 0 (all code is indented at least by this much)
+}
+
+func (c *Config) fprint(output io.Writer, obj *hcl.Object) error {
+	p := &printer{
+		cfg: *c,
+		obj: obj,
+	}
+
+	// TODO(arslan): implement this
+	// redirect output through a trimmer to eliminate trailing whitespace
+	// (Input to a tabwriter must be untrimmed since trailing tabs provide
+	// formatting information. The tabwriter could provide trimming
+	// functionality but no tabwriter is used when RawFormat is set.)
+	// output = &trimmer{output: output}
+
+	// redirect output through a tabwriter if necessary
+	if c.Mode&RawFormat == 0 {
+		minwidth := c.Tabwidth
+
+		padchar := byte('\t')
+		if c.Mode&UseSpaces != 0 {
+			padchar = ' '
+		}
+
+		twmode := tabwriter.DiscardEmptyColumns
+		if c.Mode&TabIndent != 0 {
+			minwidth = 0
+			twmode |= tabwriter.TabIndent
+		}
+
+		output = tabwriter.NewWriter(output, minwidth, c.Tabwidth, 1, padchar, twmode)
+	}
+
+	// write printer result via tabwriter/trimmer to output
+	if _, err := output.Write(p.output()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// flush tabwriter, if any
+	var err error
+	if tw, _ := output.(*tabwriter.Writer); tw != nil {
+		err = tw.Flush()
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *Config) Fprint(output io.Writer, obj *hcl.Object) error {
+	return c.fprint(output, obj)
+}
+
+// Fprint "pretty-prints" an HCL object to output
+// It calls Config.Fprint with default settings.
+func Fprint(output io.Writer, obj *hcl.Object) error {
+	return (&Config{Tabwidth: 8}).Fprint(output, obj)
+}
diff --git a/hclprinter/hclprinter_test.go b/hclprinter/hclprinter_test.go
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+++ b/hclprinter/hclprinter_test.go
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+package hclprinter
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/hcl"
+)
+
+var complexHcl = `// This comes from Terraform, as a test
+variable "foo" {
+    default = "bar"
+    description = "bar"
+}
+
+provider "aws" {
+  access_key = "foo"
+  secret_key = "bar"
+}
+
+provider "do" {
+  api_key = "${var.foo}"
+}
+
+resource "aws_security_group" "firewall" {
+    count = 5
+}
+
+resource aws_instance "web" {
+    ami = "${var.foo}"
+    security_groups = [
+        "foo",
+        "${aws_security_group.firewall.foo}"
+    ]
+
+    network_interface {
+        device_index = 0
+        description = "Main network interface"
+    }
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "db" {
+    security_groups = "${aws_security_group.firewall.*.id}"
+    VPC = "foo"
+
+    depends_on = ["aws_instance.web"]
+}
+
+output "web_ip" {
+    value = "${aws_instance.web.private_ip}"
+}
+`
+
+func TestPrint(t *testing.T) {
+	obj, err := hcl.Parse(complexHcl)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := Fprint(os.Stdout, obj); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}