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terraform output — Export structured data about your Terraform resources. More information: <https://developer.hashicor

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Problem

How to use the terraform output command: Export structured data about your Terraform resources. More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cli/commands/output>.

Solution

terraform output — Export structured data about your Terraform resources. More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cli/commands/output>.

With no additional arguments, output will display all outputs for the root module:

terraform output

Output only a value with specific name:

terraform output {{name}}

Convert the output value to a raw string (useful for shell scripts):

terraform output -raw

Format the outputs as a JSON object, with a key per output (useful with jq):

terraform output -json

Code Snippets

With no additional arguments, `output` will display all outputs for the root module

terraform output

Output only a value with specific name

terraform output {{name}}

Convert the output value to a raw string (useful for shell scripts)

terraform output -raw

Format the outputs as a JSON object, with a key per output (useful with jq)

terraform output -json

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tldr-pages: common/terraform output

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