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A DevOps engineer is working on a project using Terraform to manage infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. After making changes to the Terraform configuration files, the engineer runs the command `terraform apply`. What is the primary outcome of this command in relation to the state file and the infrastructure?
It updates the state file to reflect the current infrastructure and applies the necessary changes to achieve the desired state.
It generates a detailed plan of changes without modifying the state file or the infrastructure resources.
It removes all existing resources defined in the configuration files without updating the state file.
It validates the configuration files for syntax errors and prepares them for deployment without affecting the state file.

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