» Command: show

The terraform show command is used to provide human-readable output from a state or plan file. This can be used to inspect a plan to ensure that the planned operations are expected, or to inspect the current state as Terraform sees it.

Machine-readable output is generated by adding the -json command-line flag.

» JSON Output

For Terraform state files (including when no path is provided), terraform show -json will show a JSON representation of the state.

For Terraform plan files, terraform show -json will show a JSON representation of the plan, configuration, and current state.

The output format is covered in detail in JSON Output Format.

» Usage

Usage: terraform show [options] [path]

You may use show with a path to either a Terraform state file or plan file. If no path is specified, the current state will be shown.

The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:

  • -no-color - Disables output with coloring

  • -json - Displays machine-readable output from a state or plan file