Render template file and get the content without applying the state

Question

I know that state.show_sls renders and display a state.

I would like to know how to render a template file that is used inside a state and display its content without needing to apply the state.

Is there a way to use the salt's jinja renderer from the command line to do that?

Answer 1

After some research I have come to the command salt.module.cp and it goes like this:

salt-call cp.get_template salt://file.jinja /dev/stdout

It renders a file as a template and prints it on the terminal.

I use it a lot while developing formulas to check my templates.