What does the terraform import command do?

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Brings an existing real resource under Terraform management by recording it in state — import adopts an already-existing object so Terraform starts managing it in state. It does not create anything new — that is what apply does.

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Creates a brand new resource from configuration and records it in the state file

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Copies a resource definition from another module into the current configuration

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Downloads a published module from the Registry into the working directory tree

What does the terraform import command do?

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