Provide a quiet mode for local-exec

[staranto]

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.3.3                                                                                                                
on linux_amd64                                                                                                                  
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/null v3.2.0

Use Cases

I find the echoing of the command that local-exec will execute to be entirely too verbose. The output from even relatively simple examples can be hard to parse. Medium- to high-complexity examples are overwhelming.

locals {
  test = {
    name = "Spacely Space Sprockets"
    competitor = "Cogswell Cogs"
  }
}

resource "null_resource" "test" {
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = <<CMD
      echo ${jsonencode(local.test)}
    CMD
  }
}

Produces this output --

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
null_resource.test: Creating...
null_resource.test: Provisioning with 'local-exec'...
null_resource.test (local-exec):Executing: ["/bin/sh" "-c" "      echo {\"competitor\":\"Cogswell Cogs\",\"name\":\"Spacely Space Sprockets\"}\n"]
null_resource.test (local-exec):{competitor:Cogswell Cogs,name:Spacely Space Sprockets}
null_resource.test: Creation complete after 0s [id=5577006791947779410]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

The "Executing:" output is completely unnecessary.

Attempted Solutions

None. I don't see a way to suppress this.

Proposal

Provide a quiet parameter to local-exec. By default it is false indicating that local-exec should output the command about to be executed (i.e. the behavior remains as it is today). If it is true, the Executing: ... output will be supressed.

resource "null_resource" "test" {
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    quiet = true
    command = <<CMD
      echo ${jsonencode(local.test)}
    CMD
  }
}

Produces this output --

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
null_resource.test: Creating...
null_resource.test: Provisioning with 'local-exec'...
null_resource.test (local-exec):{competitor:Cogswell Cogs,name:Spacely Space Sprockets}
null_resource.test: Creation complete after 0s [id=5577006791947779410]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

References

No response

[staranto]

Or, alternative output for Executing line, something like --

null_resource.test (local-exec):Executing: Suppressed by quiet=true

[crw]

Thanks for this feature request!

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