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page_title: 'Command: state pull'
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description: >-
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The `terraform state pull` command is used to manually download and output the
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state from remote state.
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---
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# Command: state pull
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The `terraform state pull` command is used to manually download and output
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the state from [remote state](/language/state/remote). This command also
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works with local state.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform state pull`
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This command downloads the state from its current location, upgrades the
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local copy to the latest state file version that is compatible with
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locally-installed Terraform, and outputs the raw format to stdout.
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This is useful for reading values out of state (potentially pairing this
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command with something like [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)). It is
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also useful if you need to make manual modifications to state.
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You cannot use this command to inspect the Terraform version of
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the remote state, as it will always be converted to the current Terraform
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version before output.
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-> **Note:** Terraform state files must be in UTF-8 format without a byte order mark (BOM). For PowerShell on Windows, use `Set-Content` to automatically encode files in UTF-8 format. For example, run `terraform state pull | sc terraform.tfstate`.
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