Command: show

The tofu show command is used to provide human-readable output from a state or plan file. This can be used to inspect a plan to ensure that the planned operations are expected, or to inspect the current state as OpenTofu sees it.

Machine-readable output is generated by adding the -json command-line flag.

JSON Output​

For OpenTofu state files (including when no path is provided), tofu show -json will show a JSON representation of the state.

For OpenTofu plan files, tofu show -json will show a JSON representation of the plan, configuration, and current state.

If you've updated providers which contain new schema versions since the state was written, the state needs to be upgraded before it can be displayed with show -json. If you are viewing a plan, it must be created without -refresh=false. If you are viewing a state file, run tofu refresh first.

The output format is covered in detail in JSON Output Format.

Usage​

Usage: tofu show [options] [file]

You may use show with a path to either a OpenTofu state file or plan file. If you don't specify a file path, OpenTofu will show the latest state snapshot.

This command accepts the following options:

• -no-color - Disables output with coloring

• -json - Displays machine-readable output from a state or plan file

• -show-sensitive - If specified, sensitive values will be displayed.