Show human-readable representation of current state.
Section: Inspect State and Outputs
Show human-readable state or plan
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terraform showExplanation
Show human-readable representation of current state.
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Show one resource from state
Display detailed attributes for one resource instance.
Show state or plan as JSON
Emit a plan or state file as machine-readable JSON.
List resources in state
Print all resource addresses currently tracked in state.