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Mitchell Hashimoto d1b46e99bd Add terraform state list command
This introduces the terraform state list command to list the resources
within a state. This is the first of many state management commands to
come into 0.7.

This is the first command of many to come that is considered a
"plumbing" command within Terraform (see "plumbing vs porcelain":
http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/what-are-plumbing-and-porcelain-td2190639.html).
As such, this PR also introduces a bunch of groundwork to support
plumbing commands.

The main changes:

- Main command output is changed to split "common" and "uncommon"
  commands.

- mitchellh/cli is updated to support nested subcommands, since
  terraform state list is a nested subcommand.

- terraform.StateFilter is introduced as a way in core to filter/search
  the state files. This is very basic currently but I expect to make it
  more advanced as time goes on.

- terraform state list command is introduced to list resources in a
  state. This can take a series of arguments to filter this down.

Known issues, or things that aren't done in this PR on purpose:

- Unit tests for terraform state list are on the way. Unit tests for the
  core changes are all there.
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commands-state Command: state resource addressing docs-state-address The `terraform state` command is used for advanced state management.

Resource Addressing

The terraform state subcommands make heavy use of resource addressing for targeting and filtering specific resources and modules within the state.

Resource addressing is a common feature of Terraform that is used in multiple locations. For example, resource addressing syntax is also used for the -target flag for apply and plan commands.

Because resource addressing is unified across Terraform, it is documented in a single place rather than duplicating it in multiple locations. You can find the resource addressing documentation here.