When I run a simple command like "aws help topics" the command hangs or terminates prematurely. On Windows, it outputs about 30 lines and terminates. On Debian Linux under Windows, it presents a black screen. If I then enter ctrl-z, it shows a few lines of output (like Windows) and terminates.
Here's the version info:
aws-cli/2.4.7 Python/3.8.8 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off
aws-cli/2.4.10 Python/3.8.8 Linux/4.4.0-17763-Microsoft exe/x86_64.debian.11 prompt/off
I suspect that it involves the output paging mechanism. The first time that I ran it on debian, it complained of missing groff, so I installed that. I read about a problem when the less command is missing, but it isn't: the less command works.
AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago
For more details, see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-pagination.html
Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't help. Or change anything. I placed it in the default section. I also tried the --no-cli-pager switch on the command. No change.
The command "aws help topics" should produce a lot of output, right? I get some about General, S3, and ddb, that's all.
That's exactly what I get. I think everything is working as designed. What are you looking for?