Inject default arguments for a specific Terraform subcommand.
Section: Variables and Environment
Default extra CLI args
bash
bash
export TF_CLI_ARGS_plan='-lock-timeout=60s'Explanation
Inject default arguments for a specific Terraform subcommand.
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