terraform init → initialize the providers

terraform plan → preview of resources that is going to be created after terraform apply

terraform apply → create real infrastructure resources

terraform destroy → CAUTION destroy infrastrucutre resources

terrafor fmt → auto format

terraform validator: used by security teams and developers to verify the adherate ensure policy and costraints are applied to ci cd pipeline it detects policy violations ad provides warning or halt to the processes a phase between plan and apply

issue the command : gcloud beta terrraform vet