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**To get information about an invalidation**
The following command retrieves an invalidation with the ID ``YNY2LI2BVJ4NJU`` for a CloudFront web distribution with the ID ``S11A16G5KZMEQD``::
aws cloudfront get-invalidation --id YNY2LI2BVJ4NJU --distribution-id S11A16G5KZMEQD
The distribution ID is available in the output of ``create-distribution`` and ``list-distributions``. The invalidation ID is available in the output of ``create-invalidation`` and ``list-invalidations``.
Output::
{
"Invalidation": {
"Status": "Completed",
"InvalidationBatch": {
"Paths": {
"Items": [
"/index.html",
"/error.html"
],
"Quantity": 2
},
"CallerReference": "my-invalidation-2015-09-01"
},
"Id": "YNY2LI2BVJ4NJU",
"CreateTime": "2015-08-31T21:15:52.042Z"
}
}