Posted on Jan 31, 2021 • Edited on Feb 3, 2021

Lazy Add IAM Access Key

Use expect programming language to add you IAM access key by one enter

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🚀 Write the code

#!/usr/bin/expect set access_key [lindex $argv 0] set screte_key [lindex $argv 1] spawn aws configure # Add access key expect "]:" send "$access_key\r" # Add secrete key expect "]:" send "$screte_key\r" # Default region expect "]:" send "\r" # Default output format expect "]:" send "\r" interact

🚀 Run example

First arg is access key
Second one is secrete key

⚡ $ ./add_key.sh a1234a b4567b spawn aws configure AWS Access Key ID [****************XXXX]: a1234a AWS Secret Access Key [****************YYYY]: b4567b Default region name [ap-northeast-2]: Default output format [None]: ⚡ $ aws configure list Name Value Type Location ---- ----- ---- -------- profile <not set> None None access_key ****************234a shared-credentials-file secret_key ****************567b shared-credentials-file region ap-northeast-2 config-file ~/.aws/config