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Use DescribeIdFormat
with a CLI
The following code examples show how to use DescribeIdFormat
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- AWS CLI
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Example 1: To describe the ID format of a resource
The following
describe-id-format
example describes the ID format for security groups.aws ec2 describe-id-format \ --resource
security-group
In the following example output, the
Deadline
value indicates that the deadline for this resource type to permanently switch from the short ID format to the long ID format expired at 00:00 UTC on August 15, 2018.{ "Statuses": [ { "Deadline": "2018-08-15T00:00:00.000Z", "Resource": "security-group", "UseLongIds": true } ] }
Example 2: To describe the ID format for all resources
The following
describe-id-format
example describes the ID format for all resource types. All resource types that supported the short ID format were switched to use the long ID format.aws ec2 describe-id-format
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For API details, see DescribeIdFormat
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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