What does terraform destroy do?

The correct answer is A. Destroy all infrastructure in the Terraform state file. The terraform destroy command terminates resources managed by your Terraform project. This command is the inverse of terraform apply in that it terminates all the resources specified in your Terraform state. It does not destroy resources running elsewhere that are not managed by

Use the Terraform CLI (terraform plan, apply, destroy, fmt, init, validate, workspace, import, taint, providers, output)

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ADestroy all infrastructure in the Terraform state file
BDestroy all Terraform code files in the current directory while leaving the state file intact
CDestroy all infrastructure in the configured Terraform provider
DDestroy the Terraform state file while leaving infrastructure intact

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Explanation

The terraform destroy command terminates resources managed by your Terraform project. This command is the inverse of terraform apply in that it terminates all the resources specified in your Terraform state. It does not destroy resources running elsewhere that are not managed by the current Terraform project. https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/aws-destroy

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#terraform destroy#Terraform CLI#infrastructure management#state file

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