github.com/turtlemonvh/terraform@v0.6.9-0.20151204001754-8e40b6b855e8/website/source/docs/commands/output.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "Command: output" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-commands-output" 5 description: |- 6 The `terraform output` command is used to extract the value of an output variable from the state file. 7 --- 8 9 # Command: output 10 11 The `terraform output` command is used to extract the value of 12 an output variable from the state file. 13 14 ## Usage 15 16 Usage: `terraform output [options] NAME` 17 18 By default, `output` requires only a variable name and looks in the 19 current directory for the state file to query. 20 21 The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are: 22 23 * `-state=path` - Path to the state file. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate". 24 * `-module=module_name` - The module path which has needed output. 25 By default this is the root path. Other modules can be specified by 26 a period-separated list. Example: "foo" would reference the module 27 "foo" but "foo.bar" would reference the "bar" module in the "foo" 28 module.