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AWS CLI delete multiple snapshots using Name Tag

by Mariusz Ferdyn - Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)•

First of all display commands if it is correct to delete snapshot, using:

aws ec2 describe-snapshots –output text –filters Name=tag:Name,Values=tag-value|grep SNAPSHOTS|awk ‘{print “Deleting-> ” $4,$6,$8,$9,$10; system(“echo aws ec2 delete-snapshot –snapshot-id ” $10)}’

and than you can delete snapshots:
aws ec2 describe-snapshots –output text –filters Name=tag:Name,Values=tag-value|grep SNAPSHOTS|awk ‘{print “Deleting-> ” $4,$6,$8,$9,$10; system(“aws ec2 delete-snapshot –snapshot-id ” $10)}’

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