Only list name of EC2 using Powershell

Question

I set an a variable $ec2-instance = GetEC2Instance and this returns something like...

GroupNames : {} Groups : {} Instances : {somekey} OwnerId : 11111111 RequesterId : ReservationId : r-111111111

What I'm trying to do is list just the name of the EC2 instance. I know, "name" is a tag but not sure how to capture in PowerShell.

I think you mean Get-EC2Instance (Amazon Elastic Compute CLoud). Have a look here — Theo
– Theo, Commented Aug 17, 2018 at 13:49

MisterSmith · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-17 15:49:28Z

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Get-EC2Instance returns a list of Instances, you can iterate over that list and grab the value of the Name tag like this:

ForEach($i in (Get-EC2Instance).Instances) {
   ($i.Tags | ? { $_.Key -eq "Name"} | select -expand Value)
}

answered Aug 17, 2018 at 15:49

MisterSmith

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