AWS CLI: ECR list-images, get newest

Question

Using AWS CLI, and jq if needed, I\'m trying to get the tag of the newest image in a particular repo.

Let\'s call the repo foo, and sa

Answer 1

List latest 3 images

aws ecr describe-images --repository-name gvh \
--query 'sort_by(imageDetails,& imagePushedAt)[*].imageTags[0]' --output yaml \
| tail -n 3 | awk -F'- ' '{print $2}'

Skip latest 3 images

aws ecr describe-images --repository-name gvh \
--query 'sort_by(imageDetails,& imagePushedAt)[*].imageTags[0]' --output yaml \
| head -n -3 | awk -F'- ' '{print $2}'

Number '3' can be generalized in either head or tail command based on user requirement