AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)

An AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a command line interface for accessing AWS services.

• AKA: aws.
• Context:
  • It can execute commands such as: aws ssm.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • s3cmd.
• See: aws-shell.

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References

2018

• https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
  • QUOTE: The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services. With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts.
    The AWS CLI introduces a new set of simple file commands for efficient file transfers to and from Amazon S3.

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