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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Commands"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands"
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# Terraform Commands (CLI)
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Terraform is controlled via a very easy to use command-line interface (CLI).
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Terraform is only a single command-line application: terraform. This application
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then takes a subcommand such as "apply" or "plan". The complete list of subcommands
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is in the navigation to the left.
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The terraform CLI is a well-behaved command line application. In erroneous cases,
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a non-zero exit status will be returned. It also responds to -h and --help as you'd
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most likely expect.
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To view a list of the available commands at any time, just run terraform with no arguments:
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```
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$ terraform
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usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]
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Available commands are:
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apply Builds or changes infrastructure
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graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
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output Read an output from a state file
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plan Generate and show an execution plan
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refresh Update local state file against real resources
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show Inspect Terraform state or plan
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version Prints the Terraform version
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To get help for any specific command, pass the -h flag to the relevant subcommand. For example,
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to see help about the members subcommand:
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```
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$ terraform graph -h
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Usage: terraform graph [options] PATH
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Outputs the visual graph of Terraform resources. If the path given is
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the path to a configuration, the dependency graph of the resources are
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shown. If the path is a plan file, then the dependency graph of the
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plan itself is shown.
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The graph is outputted in DOT format. The typical program that can
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read this format is GraphViz, but many web services are also available
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to read this format.
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