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instance id and instance name ( Tags ) aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[InstanceId, Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value[] | [0]]' --output text --no-verify i-0947d5f8513cff6ed ixVPC-vSRX1 i-0ae9837801fcda4ce ixVPC-Ubuntu1-instance Only InstanceId ---------------- aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[InstanceId]' --output text --no-verify i-0947d5f8513cff6ed i-0ae9837801fcda4ce Only Tags ---------- aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value[] | [0]]' --output text --no-verify ixVPC-vSRX1 ixVPC-Ubuntu1-instance no output: --output text -------------------------- aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value[] | [0]]' --no-verify ---------------------------- | DescribeInstances | +--------------------------+ | ixVPC-vSRX1 | | ixVPC-Ubuntu1-instance | +--------------------------+ | |