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Viewing Command Output in the Amazon EC2 Console

After you execute a command using Run Command, the system returns you to the commands list.

Important

The Amazon EC2 console truncates all command output beyond 2500 characters. If your command output was longer than 2500 characters, you can view the full output in your S3 bucket.

To view command output

  1. In the Amazon EC2 console, select a command in the list.

  2. Choose the Output tab.

  3. Choose View Output.

    Accessing Run Command output from Amazon EC2 console
  4. The command output page shows the results of your command execution.

    Example of Run Command output