github.com/kcburge/terraform@v0.11.12-beta1/website/docs/commands/state/show.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "commands-state" 3 page_title: "Command: state show" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-state-sub-show" 5 description: |- 6 The `terraform state show` command is used to show the attributes of a single resource in the Terraform state. 7 --- 8 9 # Command: state show 10 11 The `terraform state show` command is used to show the attributes of a 12 single resource in the 13 [Terraform state](/docs/state/index.html). 14 15 ## Usage 16 17 Usage: `terraform state show [options] ADDRESS` 18 19 The command will show the attributes of a single resource in the 20 state file that matches the given address. 21 22 The attributes are listed in alphabetical order (with the except of "id" 23 which is always at the top). They are outputted in a way that is easy 24 to parse on the command-line. 25 26 This command requires a address that points to a single resource in the 27 state. Addresses are 28 in [resource addressing format](/docs/commands/state/addressing.html). 29 30 The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are: 31 32 * `-state=path` - Path to the state file. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate". 33 Ignored when [remote state](/docs/state/remote.html) is used. 34 35 ## Example: Show a Resource 36 37 The example below shows a resource: 38 39 ``` 40 $ terraform state show module.foo.packet_device.worker[0] 41 id = 6015bg2b-b8c4-4925-aad2-f0671d5d3b13 42 billing_cycle = hourly 43 created = 2015-12-17T00:06:56Z 44 facility = ewr1 45 hostname = prod-xyz01 46 locked = false 47 ... 48 ```