How do you comment out lines in AWS CLI config and credentials files?

65
votes

For AWS CLI configuration and credentials files how do you comment out lines in these files - I checked the documentation here http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html#cli-config-files but found nothing.

e.g.

~/.aws/credentials

[default]
aws_access_key_id = XXXXXXXXX
aws_secret_access_key = YYYYYYYY

[qa]
aws_access_key_id = AAAAAAAAA
aws_secret_access_key = BBBBBB

~/.aws/config

[default]
region = us-east-1

[profile qa]
region = us-west-2

[profile staging]
region = us-east-2
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1 Answers

92
votes

You can comment lines by using the # character, e.g.

[default]
aws_access_key_id = XXXXXXXXX
aws_secret_access_key = YYYYYYYY

#[qa]
#aws_access_key_id = AAAAAAAAA
#aws_secret_access_key = BBBBBB