CLI output formats (json, table, text) in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the AWS CLI output format to JSON.

AWS

aws configure set output [1]

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Axml

Btable

Ctext

Djson

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'table' or 'text' when JSON format is required.

Using unsupported formats like 'xml'.

The command sets the AWS CLI output format to JSON, which is a structured data format.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to display AWS CLI output in a table format.

AWS

aws s3 ls --output [1]

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Atable

Bjson

Ctext

Dyaml

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'json' or 'text' instead of 'table' for table output.

Using unsupported formats like 'yaml'.

The --output table option formats the AWS CLI output as a readable table.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to output AWS CLI results as plain text.

AWS

aws ec2 describe-instances --output [1]

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Ajson

Btext

Ctable

Dcsv

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'csv' which is not a supported AWS CLI output format.

Using 'json' or 'table' when plain text is needed.

The text output format shows the AWS CLI results as plain text, suitable for simple reading or scripting.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to configure AWS CLI to output in JSON and then list S3 buckets.

AWS

aws configure set output [1]
aws s3 ls --output [2]

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Ajson

Btable

Ctext

Dyaml

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Mixing output formats between commands.

Using unsupported formats like 'yaml'.

Both commands use JSON format for output, which is structured and easy to parse.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set AWS CLI output to table, list EC2 instances in table format, and then switch output to text.

AWS

aws configure set output [1]
aws ec2 describe-instances --output [2]
aws s3 ls --output [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ajson

Btable

Ctext

Dyaml

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using inconsistent output formats in the first two commands.

Using unsupported formats like 'yaml'.

The first two commands use table format for readable output, and the last command uses text format for simple listing.