Common Options for API Tools

--aws-credential-file value

Path to the file containing your AWS credentials. This value can be stored in the AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE environment variable.

Example: --aws-credential-file c:\AWS\mycredemtials.pek

--ec2-cert-file-path value

-C value

Path to an AWS X.509 certificate file. Must be specified in conjunction with --ec2-private-key-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with --aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the EC2_CERT environment variable.

--connection-timeout value

Specifies the connection timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

Example: --connection-timeout 60

--debug

Causes debug information to be displayed on error.

Default: false

--delimiter value

Specifies the delimiter to use when displaying long results.

Default: comma

--headers

Displays column headers for tabular or delimited results, or HTTP headers for XML results.

Default: off

--help

Displays help text for the command. You can also use help commandname.

Default: off

-I value

--access-key-id value

Specifies the AWS Access ID to use for requests.

-K value

--ec2-private-key-file-path value

Path to an AWS X.509 private key file. Must be specified in conjunction with --ec2-cert-file-path and must not be specified in conjunction with --aws-credential-file. This value can be set by using the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable.

--region value

Overrides the Region specified in the EC2_REGION environment variable.

Default: The EC2_REGION environment variable, or us-east-1 if the EC2_REGION environment variable is not set.

Example: --region eu-west-1

-S value

--secret-key-value value

Specifies the AWS Secret Access Key to use for requests.

--show-empty-fields

Show empty fields and rows with a (nil) value.

--show-request

Displays the URL used to call the AWS service.

--show-table

Displays the results of the command in fixed column-width format. Empty fields are not displayed. This is the default output format.

--show-long

Displays the results of the command delimited by a character. Empty fields are shown as "(nil). The default delimiter character is a comma.

--show-xml

Displays the results of the command as raw XML.

--quiet

Suppress all output from the command.

-U value

--url value

Override the URL for the service call with the value supplied.

This value is set using the RDS_URL environment variable.

	Note
	You can set the EC2_REGION enviroment variable or use the --region parameter to avoid having to pass the --url parameter to specify a different regional endpoint.