EC2-DESCRIBE-TAGS(1)

📦 version 1.6.14.1, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 EC2-DESCRIBE-TAGS 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the ec2-describe-tags page from the EC2 API command line tools manual — it lives in section 1, aka User Commands, aka the "you type this in a shell" section. pull up a chair, we're listing tags and we're gonna have a time 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ec2-describe-tags — List tags. that's it. that's the whole job. it lists tags. 🏷️

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ec2dtag ([ec2-describe-tags])
ec2dtag [GENERAL OPTIONS] [[--filter NAME=VALUE] ...]

yes the brackets are doing a lot there. no, we are not touching them. they're iconic as-is. periodt. 😌

🌸 GENERAL NOTES 🌸

okay so this is a fun one: any command option or parameter can be handed a value of -, and that means "hey, read the values for this option from stdin instead." that's the whole note. little hyphen, big power. 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

it lists your tags!! all of them!! well — all the ones you want, because you can filter the list down so it only returns the tags you actually specify. so it's a list, but make it curated. main character energy only. ✨

🎀 GENERAL OPTIONS 🎀

these are the ones that apply across the board, the shared wardrobe of the command line tools:

  • -O, --aws-access-key KEY — your AWS Access Key ID. if you don't pass it, it defaults to whatever AWS_ACCESS_KEY is set to in your environment (if it's set at all). 🔑
  • -W, --aws-secret-key KEY — your AWS Secret Access Key. defaults to the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY environment variable (if set). 🤫
  • -T, --security-token TOKEN — the AWS delegation token. defaults to the value of the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN environment variable (if set). 🎟️
  • -K, --private-key KEY — [DEPRECATED] ⚠️ specify KEY as the private key to use. defaults to the value of the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). overrides the default. (deprecated bestie, it's giving legacy, tread carefully 🙈)
  • -C, --cert CERT — [DEPRECATED] ⚠️ specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. defaults to the value of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set). overrides the default. (also deprecated, also legacy, also be careful 💀)
  • -U, --url URL — specify URL as the web service URL to use. defaults to 'https://ec2.amazonaws.com' (that's us-east-1) or to the value of the EC2_URL environment variable (if set). overrides the default. 🌈
  • --region REGION — specify REGION as the web service region to use. this option overrides the URL you gave with the -U URL option and the EC2_URL environment variable. it defaults to the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable, or us-east-1 if that env var isn't set. 👑
  • -D, --auth-dry-run — check whether you can perform the requested action instead of actually performing it. a little vibe check before you commit. 🧚
  • -v, --verbose — verbose output. more words, more info. 🗣️
  • -?, --help — display this help. we love a self-aware command. 🫶
  • -H, --headers — display column headers. yes queen, label your columns. 📋
  • --debug — display additional debugging information. for when you need the tea. 🍓
  • --show-empty-fields — indicate empty fields. so you can see the emptiness. 😭
  • --hide-tags — do not display tags for tagged resources. ironic for a tag-listing command, but okay, we respect the choice. 💀
  • --connection-timeout TIMEOUT — specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT, in seconds. ⏳
  • --request-timeout TIMEOUT — specify a request timeout TIMEOUT, in seconds. ⏳

⭐ SPECIFIC OPTIONS ⭐

  • -F, --filter FILTER — add a filter criterion for the result-set. this is how you make the list say only what you want it to say. slay. 🔥

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

go read the docs, bestie, they're right there:

and that's the page!! this was EC2 API command line tools, version 1.6.14.1, api=2014-05-01, and yeah it's a little vintage but she still serves. go forth and describe those tags, no cap. 🦋💖✨

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