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ec2-describe-keypairs

From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2008-12-01

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ec2-describe-keypairs

Syntax

ec2-describe-keypairs [key_id ...]

Description

Describes the current state of each specified key. If no keys are specified, all keys owned by the current user are included in the output.

Options

OptionDescriptionRequired

key_id

Names of one or more keys.

Example: gsg-keypair

No

Output

Amazon EC2 returns a table that contains the following information:

  • A output type identifier ("KEYPAIR")

  • Key pair identifier

  • Private key fingerprint

Amazon EC2 displays errors on stderr.

Example

This example describes the state of the current keys.

PROMPT> ec2-describe-keypairs gsg-keypair
KEYPAIR gsg-keypair  1f:51:ae:28:bf:89:e9:d8:1f:25:5d:37:2d:7d:b8:ca:9f:f5:f1:6f

Related Topics

DescribeKeyPairs

  • ec2-add-keypair

  • ec2-delete-keypair

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