How to use MFA with AWS CLI?

Question

How do I type in the MFA code when using the AWS CLI? I have checked the documentation page of IAM http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/index.html.

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Answer 1

I wrote a small bash script to get over this annoying problem. You can find it here: https://gist.github.com/geekgunda/db4c9c8d850c08a48d1d60f119628032

Assumptions:

1. Your original AWS Creds should be stored at ~/.aws/credentials
2. You've corrected ARN for MFA device (search for FIXME)
3. You've given correct MFA Code as cli argument
4. You have jq installed. Ref: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/