How do i display a cloudformation template using the aws cli?

hawksbill

Documentation note relating to this article:

       --template-stage (string)
          For  templates  that  include  transforms, the stage of the template
          that AWS CloudFormation returns. To get the user-submitted template,
          specify  Original . To get the template after AWS CloudFormation has
          processed all transforms, specify Processed .

          If the template doesn't include transforms, Original  and  Processed
          return  the  same template. By default, AWS CloudFormation specifies
          Original .

          Possible values:

          o Original

          o Processed

To display your cloudformation template use this command:

$ aws cloudformation get-template --stack-name stack1
{
    "StagesAvailable": [
        "Original", 
        "Processed"
    ], 
    "TemplateBody": {
        "Resources": {
            "HelloBucket": {
                "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket"
            }
        }
    }
}

The documentation note was to explain the stages, original and processed.