**To retrieve a screenshot of a running instance** The following ``get-console-screenshot`` example retrieves a screenshot of the specified instance in .jpg format. The screenshot is returned as a Base64-encoded string. :: aws ec2 get-console-screenshot \ --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 Output:: { "ImageData": "997987/8kgj49ikjhewkwwe0008084EXAMPLE", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0" }