awslogs Command Examples

Queries groups, streams and events from Amazon CloudWatch logs. More information: https://github.com/jorgebastida/awslogs.

• List log groups:

awslogs groups

• List existing streams for the specified group:

awslogs streams {{/var/log/syslog}}

• Get logs for any streams in the specified group between 1 and 2 hours ago:

awslogs get {{/var/log/syslog}} --start='{{2h ago}}' --end='{{1h ago}}'

• Get logs that match a specific CloudWatch Logs Filter pattern:

awslogs get {{/aws/lambda/my_lambda_group}} --filter-pattern='{{ERROR}}'

• Watch logs for any streams in the specified group:

awslogs get {{/var/log/syslog}} ALL --watch