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aws ec2 terminate-instances

Terminates (deletes) the specified instances. AWS CLI reference

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To terminate an Amazon EC2 instance

The following terminate-instances example terminates the specified instance.

aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0Identify
--instance-idsThe IDs of the instances.
Its output
{
    "TerminatingInstances": [
        {
            "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
            "CurrentState": {
                "Code": 32,
                "Name": "shutting-down"
            },
            "PreviousState": {
                "Code": 16,
                "Name": "running"
            }
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Launching, listing, and deleting Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS CLI in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide.

Options

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--dry-runChecks whether you have the required permissions for the operation, without actually making the request, and provides an error response.
--forceForces the instances to terminate.
--instance-idsThe IDs of the instances.
--skip-os-shutdownSpecifies whether to bypass the graceful OS shutdown process when the instance is terminated.