"aws" is a command line program that accesses Amazon Web Services: EC2, S3, SQS, SDB, ELB, IAM To run "aws", all you need is a single file! 1. download https://raw.github.com/timkay/aws/master/aws 2. make it executable 3. create ~/.awssecrets or set EC2_ACCESS_KEY and EC2_SECRET_KEY and you are done. For more documentation, see http://timkay.com/aws/ and also the GitHub Wiki.