**To return information about a data catalog** The following ``get-data-catalog`` example returns information about the ``dynamo_db_catalog`` data catalog. :: aws athena get-data-catalog \ --name dynamo_db_catalog Output:: { "DataCatalog": { "Name": "dynamo_db_catalog", "Description": "DynamoDB Catalog", "Type": "LAMBDA", "Parameters": { "catalog": "dynamo_db_catalog", "metadata-function": "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:111122223333:function:dynamo_db_lambda", "record-function": "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:111122223333:function:dynamo_db_lambda" } } } For more information, see `Showing Catalog Details: get-data-catalog <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/datastores-hive-cli.html#datastores-hive-cli-showing-details-of-a-catalog>`__ in the *Amazon Athena User Guide*.