The following command creates an import job from a manifest file:: aws importexport create-job --job-type import --manifest file://manifest --no-validate-only The file ``manifest`` is a YAML formatted text file in the current directory with the following content:: manifestVersion: 2.0; returnAddress: name: Jane Roe company: Example Corp. street1: 123 Any Street city: Anytown stateOrProvince: WA postalCode: 91011-1111 phoneNumber: 206-555-1111 country: USA deviceId: 49382 eraseDevice: yes notificationEmail: john.doe@example.com;jane.roe@example.com bucket: myBucket For more information on the manifest file format, see `Creating Import Manifests`_ in the *AWS Import/Export Developer Guide*. .. _`Creating Import Manifests`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSImportExport/latest/DG/ImportManifestFile.html You can also pass the manifest as a string in quotes:: aws importexport create-job --job-type import --manifest 'manifestVersion: 2.0; returnAddress: name: Jane Roe company: Example Corp. street1: 123 Any Street city: Anytown stateOrProvince: WA postalCode: 91011-1111 phoneNumber: 206-555-1111 country: USA deviceId: 49382 eraseDevice: yes notificationEmail: john.doe@example.com;jane.roe@example.com bucket: myBucket' For information on quoting string arguments and using files, see `Specifying Parameter Values`_ in the *AWS CLI User Guide*. .. _`Specifying Parameter Values`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-using-param.html