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I confirmed this, but is there a way to output with the command without having to deploy that code?

No. Stack outputs reflect what's in the Pulumi state, not what's in the code. If you have an output set to value 4, then `up`, then set the value to 5, then the stack output is still 4: it is intentionally the deployed value.

This is the model required by declarative deployment technologies. Code expresses the intention, not necessarily what is deployed. State describes what (Pulumi) believes is deployed.

Makes sense. That's what I figured from my understanding but it's great to hear from the experts. Thanks!