[root@higgs salt]$ salt-call --local state.highstate --force-color test=True
local:
----------
          ID: /tmp/testfile
    Function: file.managed
      Result: None
     Comment: The file /tmp/testfile is set to be changed
     Started: 10:11:56.781347
    Duration: 3.199 ms
     Changes:

Summary for local
------------
Succeeded: 1 (unchanged=1)
Failed:    0
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:   3.199 ms
[root@higgs salt]$ cat top.sls
base:
  '*':
    - test
[root@higgs salt]$ cat test/init.sls
/tmp/testfile:
  file.managed:
    - contents: 'test'