NAME

       ec2-describe-images - Describe a registered image

SYNOPSIS

        ec2dim ([ec2-describe-images])
        ec2dim [GENERAL OPTIONS] [AMI [...]] [-a] [-o OWNER [...]] [-x USER [...]]

GENERAL NOTES

        Any command option/parameter may be passed a value of '-' to indicate
        that values for that option should be read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

        List and describe registered AMIs and AMIs you have launch permissions for.
        The AMI parameters, if specified, are the AMIs to describe.
        The result set of AMIs described are the intersection of the AMIs specified,
        AMIs owned by the owners specified and AMIs with launch permissions as specified
        by the executable by options.

GENERAL OPTIONS

        -O, --aws-access-key KEY
            AWS Access Key ID. Defaults to the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY
            environment variable (if set).

        -W, --aws-secret-key KEY
            AWS Secret Access Key. Defaults to the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY
            environment variable (if set).

        -T, --security-token TOKEN
            AWS delegation token. Defaults to the value of the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN
            environment variable (if set).

        -K, --private-key KEY
            [DEPRECATED] Specify KEY as the private key to use. Defaults to the value of the
            EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

        -C, --cert CERT
            [DEPRECATED] Specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. Defaults to the value
            of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

        -U, --url URL
            Specify URL as the web service URL to use. Defaults to the value of
            'https://ec2.amazonaws.com' (us-east-1) or to that of the
            EC2_URL environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

        --region REGION
            Specify REGION as the web service region to use.
            This option will override the URL specified by the "-U URL" option
            and EC2_URL environment variable.
            This option defaults to the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable
            or us-east-1 if this environment variable is not set.

        -D, --auth-dry-run
            Check if you can perform the requested action rather than actually performing it.

        -v, --verbose
            Verbose output.

        -?, --help
            Display this help.

        -H, --headers
            Display column headers.

        --debug
            Display additional debugging information.

        --show-empty-fields
            Indicate empty fields.

        --hide-tags
            Do not display tags for tagged resources.

        --connection-timeout TIMEOUT
            Specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

        --request-timeout TIMEOUT
            Specify a request timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

        -a, --all
            Describe all AMIs, public, private or owned, that the user has access to.

        -o, --owner OWNER
            Only AMIs owned by the users specified are described. OWNER may either be a
            user's account id for images owned by that user, 'self' for images owned by
            you, 'amazon' for images owned by Amazon and 'aws-marketplace' for images
            from the AWS Marketplace

        -x, --executable-by USER
            Only AMIs with launch permissions as specified are described. USER may either
            be a user's account id for AMIs owned by you for which the user has explicit
            launch permissions, 'self' for AMIs you have explicit launch permissions for,
            or 'all' for AMIs with public launch permissions.

        -F, --filter FILTER
            Add a filter criterion for the result-set.

SEE ALSO

         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2014-05-01/CommandLineReference
         http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference