**To list the databases in a data catalog** The following ``list-databases`` example lists the databases in the ``AwsDataCatalog`` data catalog. :: aws athena list-databases \ --catalog-name AwsDataCatalog Output:: { "DatabaseList": [ { "Name": "default" }, { "Name": "mydatabase" }, { "Name": "newdb" }, { "Name": "sampledb", "Description": "Sample database", "Parameters": { "CreatedBy": "Athena", "EXTERNAL": "TRUE" } }, { "Name": "webdata" } ] } For more information, see `Listing Databases in a Catalog: list-databases <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/datastores-hive-cli.html#datastores-hive-cli-listing-databases>`__ in the *Amazon Athena User Guide*.