name : describe-log-groups.rst The following command describes a log group named ``my-logs``:: aws logs describe-log-groups --log-group-name-prefix my-logs Output:: { "logGroups": [ { "storedBytes": 0, "metricFilterCount": 0, "creationTime": 1433189500783, "logGroupName": "my-logs", "retentionInDays": 5, "arn": "arn:aws:logs:us-west-2:0123456789012:log-group:my-logs:*" } ] }