**To get information about an IAM user** The following ``get-user`` command gets information about the IAM user named ``Paulo``:: aws iam get-user --user-name Paulo Output:: { "User": { "UserName": "Paulo", "Path": "/", "CreateDate": "2019-09-21T23:03:13Z", "UserId": "AIDA123456789EXAMPLE", "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Paulo" } } For more information, see `Listing Users`_ in the *Using IAM* guide. .. _`Listing Users`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_GetListOfUsers.html