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AWS CLI search through tags

I want to filter multiple tags on AWS CLI. I have something like this:
aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].Tags[*]'
this command gives me all my tags on instances.

I have like 900 instances and 30 tags for each of them.
What I'm trying to do is
1)Sort by three tag:
"Key:a && Key:b && Key:c"
2) After I get Key I want to search for value too:
"Key:a, Value:x && Key:b, Value=y && Key:c, Value=Z"
Basically, I need to search through these instances by tag name from CLI.

Solution

  • If you wish to filter by tags so that the response only contains instances with those tags, you can add more --filters:

    --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running Name=tag:a,Values=x Name=tag:b,Values=y Name=tag:c,Values=z