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Get List of EC2 instances from All regions
# install aws cli first and configure it with credentials and default region
# the script will iterate over all regions of AWS
for region in `aws ec2 describe-regions --output text | cut -f4`
do
echo -e "\nListing Instances in region:'$region'..."
aws ec2 describe-instances --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].{IP:PublicIpAddress,ID:InstanceId,Type:InstanceType,State:State.Name,Name:Tags[0].Value}" --output=table --region $region
done
@eguven
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eguven commented Aug 13, 2018

@dgacias just export values before the loop

export AWS_PROFILE=<YOUR-PROFILE>
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<SOME-REGION>

@royharoush
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you're d man !

@jake9696
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FYI, you need to change the "cut -f3" to "cut -f4" now as AWS added another field to the describe-regions output.

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junaidk commented Nov 12, 2019

@jake9696
Thanks for pointing it out.
I have updated it.

@fcp999
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fcp999 commented Nov 17, 2019

If you don't have the defaults set cut f3 works, if you do use cut f4

@santhosh007K
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its works thanks

@mkaurin
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mkaurin commented Mar 19, 2020

aws ec2 describe-regions --output text --query 'Regions[].RegionName'

@Cyreex
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Cyreex commented Jun 16, 2021

Name:Tags[0].Value > Name:Tags[?Key=='Name']|[0].Value

The first tag may be different.

@santhumonster
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Hi Everyone,
How to export that output to excel format?

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