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AWS CLI users struggle to feed JSON from files and stdin

Developers automating AWS CLI commands want to provide JSON through pipelines or files, but stdin is not accepted for `--cli-input-json`, and the required `file://` prefix is unexpected. Confusing errors make it harder to tell whether a file path or input format is the issue.

For developers automating AWS CLI commands. Mentioned from Jun 2020 to Nov 2023 on GitHub.

4 different people described this problem in 2 separate discussions.

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  1. I want to use aws-cli in a pipeline scenario. Therefore I want to pass as argument for --cli-input-json the value from stdin
    apanys on GitHub (aws/aws-cli)Feb 2021+52 upvotesAsked for a tool
  2. I doubt we're going to see AWS fix this, but here's a workaround: yoursecretoutput | aws ssm put-parameter ... --value file:///dev/stdin
    tavin on GitHub (aws/aws-cli)Nov 2023Has a workaround
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