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hardkubectl

Show differences between the live resource state and a local configuration file

command

kubectl diff -f FILENAME

also accepted

kubectl diff -f

Command breakdown

Part of the Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) — Resource Operations category.

kubectldiff-fFILENAME

Flag	Purpose
`-f`	Boolean flag

More Resource Operations commands

Apply a YAML or JSON resource configuration file to create or update resourceskubectl apply -f FILENAME
Create resources from a YAML or JSON file, failing if they already existkubectl create -f FILENAME
Delete all resources defined in a YAML or JSON configuration filekubectl delete -f FILENAME
List all common resource types (pods, services, deployments, etc.) in the current namespacekubectl get all
List all supported resource types, their short names, and API groups in the clusterkubectl api-resources
List all available API group versions supported by the clusterkubectl api-versions
Display the schema and documentation fields for a Kubernetes resource typekubectl explain RESOURCE
List all persistent volumes in the cluster and their bound statuskubectl get persistentvolumes

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