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# Use `GetInventory` with a CLI
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The following code examples show how to use `GetInventory`.

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#### [ CLI ]

**AWS CLI**  
**To view your inventory**  
This example gets the custom metadata for your inventory.  
Command:  

```
aws ssm get-inventory
```
Output:  

```
{
  "Entities": [
      {
          "Data": {
              "AWS:InstanceInformation": {
                  "Content": [
                      {
                          "ComputerName": "ip-172-31-44-222.us-west-2.compute.internal",
                          "InstanceId": "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f",
                          "IpAddress": "172.31.44.222",
                          "AgentType": "amazon-ssm-agent",
                          "ResourceType": "EC2Instance",
                          "AgentVersion": "2.0.672.0",
                          "PlatformVersion": "2016.09",
                          "PlatformName": "Amazon Linux AMI",
                          "PlatformType": "Linux"
                      }
                  ],
                  "TypeName": "AWS:InstanceInformation",
                  "SchemaVersion": "1.0",
                  "CaptureTime": "2017-02-20T18:03:58Z"
              }
          },
          "Id": "i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f"
      }
  ]
}
```
+  For API details, see [GetInventory](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ssm/get-inventory.html) in *AWS CLI Command Reference*. 

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**Tools for PowerShell V4**  
**Example 1: This example gets the custom metadata for your inventory.**  

```
Get-SSMInventory
```
**Output:**  

```
Data                                                                                  Id
----                                                                                  --
{[AWS:InstanceInformation, Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InventoryResultItem]} i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f
```
+  For API details, see [GetInventory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v4/reference) in *AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4)*. 

**Tools for PowerShell V5**  
**Example 1: This example gets the custom metadata for your inventory.**  

```
Get-SSMInventory
```
**Output:**  

```
Data                                                                                  Id
----                                                                                  --
{[AWS:InstanceInformation, Amazon.SimpleSystemsManagement.Model.InventoryResultItem]} i-0cb2b964d3e14fd9f
```
+  For API details, see [GetInventory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in *AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)*. 

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