Although similar to PowerShell, the AWS command structure does have its own nuances.

A guided tour of the Awless CLI for Amazon Web Services, an alternative to the AWS CLI with simpler syntax, smart defaults, and powerful templates ...

Another usability feature introduced in AWS CLI v2 is the new –cli-auto-prompt command which will prompt users for each required parameter, one at a time.

Aws ec2 create-volume –generate-cli-skeleton > volume.json You can see an example of this in Figure 1. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1. This is how you create a CLI skeleton. If you want to ...