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Command: state show

The tofu state show command is used to show the attributes of a single resource in the OpenTofu state.

Usage​

Usage: tofu state show [options] ADDRESS

The command will show the attributes of a single resource in the state file that matches the given address.

This command requires an address that points to a single resource in the state. Addresses are in resource addressing format.

The command-line flags are all optional. The following flags are available:

  • -state=path - Path to the state file. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate". Ignored when remote state is used.

The output of tofu state show is intended for human consumption, not programmatic consumption. To extract state data for use in other software, use tofu show -json and decode the result using the documented structure.

Example: Show a Resource​

The example below shows a packet_device resource named worker:

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$ tofu state show 'packet_device.worker'
# packet_device.worker:
resource "packet_device" "worker" {
    billing_cycle = "hourly"
    created       = "2015-12-17T00:06:56Z"
    facility      = "ewr1"
    hostname      = "prod-xyz01"
    id            = "6015bg2b-b8c4-4925-aad2-f0671d5d3b13"
    locked        = false
}

Example: Show a Module Resource​

The example below shows a packet_device resource named worker inside a module named foo:

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$ tofu state show 'module.foo.packet_device.worker'

Example: Show a Resource configured with count​

The example below shows the first instance of a packet_device resource named worker configured with count:

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$ tofu state show 'packet_device.worker[0]'

Example: Show a Resource configured with for_each​

The following example shows the "example" instance of a packet_device resource named worker configured with the for_each meta-argument. You must place the resource name in single quotes when it contains special characters like double quotes.

Linux, Mac OS, and UNIX:

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$ tofu state show 'packet_device.worker["example"]'

PowerShell:

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$ tofu state show 'packet_device.worker[\"example\"]'

Windows cmd.exe:

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$ tofu state show packet_device.worker[\"example\"]