In AWSCLI Version 2, it’s using “less” by default to send output to the screen. Less displays output one page at a time.

If less interferes with your script, then you can set “cli_pager” in ~/.aws/config to use nothing.

<pre lang="bash">
[default]
region = us-east-2
output = json
cli_pager =

If you have other profiles, add them as well.

<pre lang="bash">
[lightsail]
region = us-east-2
output = json
cli_pager =