Use DescribePrefixLists with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DescribePrefixLists with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribePrefixLists.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe prefix lists

This example lists all available prefix lists for the region.

Command:

aws ec2 describe-prefix-lists

Output:

{
  "PrefixLists": [
    {
      "PrefixListName": "com.amazonaws.us-east-1.s3",
      "Cidrs": [
        "54.231.0.0/17"
      ],
      "PrefixListId": "pl-63a5400a"
    }
  ]
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example fetches the available AWS services in a prefix list format for the region

Get-EC2PrefixList

Output:

Cidrs                                          PrefixListId PrefixListName
-----                                          ------------ --------------
{52.94.5.0/24, 52.119.240.0/21, 52.94.24.0/23} pl-6fa54006  com.amazonaws.eu-west-1.dynamodb
{52.218.0.0/17, 54.231.128.0/19}               pl-6da54004  com.amazonaws.eu-west-1.s3