Add Output CLI Results In Different Formats as an AWS TIL

aws/output-cli-results-in-different-formats.md

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+# Output CLI Results In Different Formats
+
+The AWS CLI can output the results of commands in three different formats.
+
+- Text
+- JSON
+- Table
+
+The _default_ output format for my AWS CLI is currently configured to `json`.
+
+```bash
+$ aws configure get output
+json
+```
+
+I can either accept the default or I can override it with the `--output` flag.
+
+```bash
+$ aws rds describe-db-instances \
+  --query 'DBInstances[*].Endpoint' \
+  --no-cli-pager
+[
+    {
+        "Address": "fc-database-abcefg-ab1c23de.asdfgh4zxcvb.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com",
+        "Port": 5432,
+        "HostedZoneId": "A1BCDE2FG345H6"
+    }
+]
+
+$ aws rds describe-db-instances \
+  --query 'DBInstances[*].Endpoint' \
+  --no-cli-pager \
+  --output table
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|                                        DescribeDBInstances                                       |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+--------+
+|                                Address                                |  HostedZoneId   | Port   |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+--------+
+|  fc-database-abcefg-ab1c23de.asdfgh4zxcvb.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com |  A1BCDE2FG345H6 |  5432  |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+--------+
+
+$ aws rds describe-db-instances \
+  --query 'DBInstances[*].Endpoint' \
+  --no-cli-pager \
+  --output text
+fc-database-abcefg-ab1c23de.asdfgh4zxcvb.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com    A1BCDE2FG345H6  5432
+```
+
+[source](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/v1/userguide/cli-usage-output-format.html)