From 4720b131457131d90e279810af5cdb5f0585388c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Randles Jones <rrand11@uab.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 12:44:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added instructions on how to target specific modules in
 terraform plan stage

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 README.md | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 320940d..d9ccc03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,17 +69,19 @@ unzip terraform_0.12.3_linux_amd64.zip -d ~/bin
 
 - `$terraform plan -out $HOME/terraform-first-instance/terraform-plan.tf`
 
-**_(Note)_** There's a target parameter that will let you specify just one piece. Run it via plan like so:
+**_(Note)_** `$terraform plan -out` writes the plan to a file and then `terraform apply` runs that plan.
 
-- `$terraform plan -out $HOME/terraform-first-instance/name-of-plan.tf -target=module.name-of-module-to-run`
+- `$terraform apply "$HOME/terraform-first-instance/terraform-plan.tf"`
 
-You can also target multiple modules.
 
-- `$terraform plan -out $HOME/terraform-first-instance/name-of-plan.tf -target=module.name-of-module-to-run -target=module.name-of-other-module-to-run`
+### There's a target parameter that will let you specify just one module as defined in the root main file. Run it via plan like so:
 
-**_(Note)_** `$terraform plan -out` writes the plan to a file and then `terraform apply` runs that plan.
+- `$terraform plan -out $HOME/terraform-first-instance/name-of-plan.tf -target=module.name-of-module-to-run`
+
+**_(Note)_** You can also target multiple modules.
+
+- `$terraform plan -out $HOME/terraform-first-instance/name-of-plan.tf -target=module.name-of-module -target=module.name-of-other-module`
 
-- `$terraform apply "$HOME/terraform-first-instance/name-of-plan.tf"`
 
 ### Destroy Terraform Instance:
 
-- 
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