github.com/hugorut/terraform@v1.1.3/website/docs/cli/commands/state/pull.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 page_title: 'Command: state pull' 3 description: >- 4 The `terraform state pull` command is used to manually download and output the 5 state from remote state. 6 --- 7 8 # Command: state pull 9 10 The `terraform state pull` command is used to manually download and output 11 the state from [remote state](/language/state/remote). This command also 12 works with local state. 13 14 ## Usage 15 16 Usage: `terraform state pull` 17 18 This command will download the state from its current location, upgrade the 19 local copy to the latest state file version that is compatible with 20 locally-installed Terraform, and output the raw format to stdout. 21 22 This is useful for reading values out of state (potentially pairing this 23 command with something like [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)). It is 24 also useful if you need to make manual modifications to state. 25 26 ~> Note: This command cannot be used to inspect the Terraform version of 27 the remote state, as it will always be converted to the current Terraform 28 version before output.