Terraform Advance Workflow loop explained!!!

validate – Validates the Terraform files
init – Init. Initialize the (local) Terraform environment. Usually executed only once per session.
providers – Prints a tree of the providers used in the configuration
graph – Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
plan – Plan. Compare the Terraform state with the as-is state in the cloud, build and display an execution plan. This does not change change the deployment (read-only).
show – Inspect Terraform state or plan
apply – Apply the plan from the plan phase. This potentially changes the deployment (read and write).
show – Inspect Terraform state or plan
output – Read an output from a state file
destroy – Destroy all resources that are governed by this specific terraform environment.

• validate – Validates the Terraform files
• init – Init. Initialize the (local) Terraform environment. Usually executed only once per session.
• providers – Prints a tree of the providers used in the configuration
• graph – Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
• plan – Plan. Compare the Terraform state with the as-is state in the cloud, build and display an execution plan. This does not change change the deployment (read-only).
• show – Inspect Terraform state or plan
• apply – Apply the plan from the plan phase. This potentially changes the deployment (read and write).
• show – Inspect Terraform state or plan
• output – Read an output from a state file
• destroy – Destroy all resources that are governed by this specific terraform environment.

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