**To list all managed policies that are attached to the specified role** This command returns the names and ARNs of the managed policies attached to the IAM role named ``SecurityAuditRole`` in the AWS account:: aws iam list-attached-role-policies --role-name SecurityAuditRole Output:: { "AttachedPolicies": [ { "PolicyName": "SecurityAudit", "PolicyArn": "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/SecurityAudit" } ], "IsTruncated": false } For more information, see `Overview of IAM Policies`_ in the *Using IAM* guide. .. _`Overview of IAM Policies`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies_overview.html