Here’s a great example of using the aws-cli to speed up your life. Uses jq and aws-cli # bash / zsh function function opsworks-hosts-prod () { aws opsworks describe-instances --stack-id=fffff-fffff-ffff-fff-fffffff | jq '.Instances[].PublicDns' | grep -v null | sed s/\"//g } # usage $ opsworks-hosts-prod XXXXX.compute-1.amazonaws.com XXXXX.compute-1.amazonaws.com XXXXX.compute-1.amazonaws.com XXXXX.compute-1.amazonaws.com
