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The command line interface (CLI) for Windows

The command line interface (CLI) for Windows

- [Instructor] If you're a Windows user, let's go ahead and go through what it's like to install the command line interface. If you already have the CLI installed and are comfortable working with it, please feel free to skip this video and proceed to the next chapter. Here, I've opened up a web browser. Since I'm on a Windows machine the easiest way to find the CLI installer is to simply search for download AWS CLI for Windows. Clicking on the first link brings me to the AWS documentation page for the CLI itself. To proceed with the installation, I simply scroll down, find the Windows section, and expand that in the browser. Note that I have a couple of options here. I can simply click the link to download the MSI, or I can run it from the command line. I'm going to go with the former option. Clicking the link starts the download process. After the download completes, I go ahead and open the installer package. To proceed, I simply click next. After accepting the license agreement, I…

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