This assumes you have already configured the aws command line tool. If not, check out my article on Getting Started with the AWS CLI.

The aws ec2 describe-images command can be used to list all of the available EC2 images.

aws ec2 describe-images

If you are looking for a specific image, the --filters option can be used.

aws ec2 describe-images --filters "Name=name,Values=amzn2-ami-kernel-*-x86_64-*"

And here is an example of how to limit the output using the --query option.

aws ec2 describe-images --query 'Images[?Name==`amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20221103.3-x86_64-gp2`]'

Something like this should be returned.

{
    "Images": [
        {
            "Architecture": "x86_64",
            "CreationDate": "2022-11-14T15:27:30.000Z",
            "ImageId": "ami-0c306652768ec4cc5",
            "ImageLocation": "929637706107/isc-ga-2022-2-0-368-0-irishealth-community-image",
            "ImageType": "machine",
            "Public": true,
            "OwnerId": "929637706107",
            "PlatformDetails": "Linux/UNIX",
            "UsageOperation": "RunInstances",
            "State": "available",
            "BlockDeviceMappings": [
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
                    "Ebs": {
                        "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                        "SnapshotId": "snap-090c2dd83f08b2d03",
                        "VolumeSize": 15,
                        "VolumeType": "gp2",
                        "Encrypted": false
                    }
                },
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/sdb",
                    "VirtualName": "ephemeral0"
                },
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/sdc",
                    "VirtualName": "ephemeral1"
                }
            ],
            "Description": "isc-ga-2022-2-0-368-0-irishealth-community-image",
            "EnaSupport": true,
            "Hypervisor": "xen",
            "Name": "isc-ga-2022-2-0-368-0-irishealth-community-image",
            "RootDeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
            "RootDeviceType": "ebs",
            "SriovNetSupport": "simple",
            "VirtualizationType": "hvm",
            "DeprecationTime": "2024-11-14T15:27:30.000Z"
        }
    ]
}