Check if an ec2 instance is spot or normal lifecycle

getec2lifecycle.sh

#!/bin/bash

aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests \
  --filters Name=instance-id,Values="$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)" \
  --region us-east-1 | \
  jq -r '.SpotInstanceRequests | if length > 0 then "spot" else "normal" end'

@urjitbhatia , Thank you so much for this code snippet. It was exactly what I was looking for!