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# tofu plan

> Generate and show OpenTofu execution plans.
> More information: <https://opentofu.org/docs/cli/commands/plan/>.

- Generate and show the execution plan in the currently directory:

`tofu plan`

- Show a plan to destroy all remote objects that currently exist:

`tofu plan -destroy`

- Show a plan to update the Tofu state and output values:

`tofu plan -refresh-only`

- Specify values for input variables:

`tofu plan -var '{{name1}}={{value1}}' -var '{{name2}}={{value2}}'`

- Focus Tofu's attention on only a subset of resources:

`tofu plan -target {{resource_type.resource_name[instance index]}}`

- Output a plan as JSON:

`tofu plan -json`

- Write a plan to a specific file:

`tofu plan -no-color > {{path/to/file}}`
