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Common Options for AMI Tools
Most AMI tools described in this section accept the set of optional parameters described in the following table.
![[Note]](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/docs-common/images/note.png) | Note |
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The AMI Tools are only designed for use with the AMIs backed by Amazon S3. |
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Display the help message. |
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Displays the version and copyright notice. |
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Displays the manual entry. |
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Runs in batch mode, suppressing user interaction and confirmation. |
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Prints internal debugging information. This is useful to assist us when troubleshooting problems. |
