aws-ecr:tldr:02813

The command "aws ecr list-images --repository-name ${repository}" is a command-line interface (CLI) command used to list all the available images in an Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) repository.

Here's a breakdown of each component of the command:

• "aws ecr" refers to the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) command for interacting with the Elastic Container Registry service.
• "list-images" is the specific command within the ECR CLI that retrieves a list of all the images stored in a repository.
• "--repository-name" is an option flag used to specify the name of the repository you want to list the images for.
• "${repository}" is a placeholder or variable that should be replaced with the actual repository name. This allows you to customize the command for different repositories and avoids hardcoding repository names in the command.

For example, if you have a repository named "my-app-repo", the command would be executed as follows:

aws ecr list-images --repository-name my-app-repo

This command will then return a list of image details such as image tags, creation dates, and image digests present in the specified ECR repository.