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ec2-describe-addresses

From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2009-08-15

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ec2-describe-addresses

Description

Lists elastic IP addresses assigned to your account or provides information about a specific address.

Syntax

ec2-describe-addresses [public_ip ...]

Options

Name Description Required

public_ip

Elastic IP address to describe.

Type: String

Default: None

Example: 67.202.55.255

No

Output

The command returns a table that contains the following information:

  • Output type identifier ("ADDRESS")

  • Elastic IP address assigned to your account

  • Instance ID to which the IP address is assigned

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

Examples

Example Request

This example describes elastic IP addresses assigned to the account. Amazon EC2 returns 67.202.55.255 which is assigned to instance i-f15ebb98 and 67.202.55.233 which is not assigned to an instance.

PROMPT> ec2-describe-addresses
ADDRESS 67.202.55.255  i-f15ebb98
ADDRESS 67.202.55.233

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