AWS CLI IAM and STS Cheat Sheet/List managed policies

Show AWS-managed and customer-managed policies.

Section: IAM Policies

List managed policies

bash
bash
aws iam list-policies --scope Local
Explanation

Use `--scope Local` to focus on customer-managed policies.

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