export AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=""

# to display parameter store variables for aws latest linux
aws  ssm get-parameters-by-path --path "/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest" --region us-west-2

# get the list of parameter store variables in the account
aws ssm describe-parameters | jq '.Parameters[].Name'

# remove the last path and filter higher level path
aws ssm describe-parameters | jq '.Parameters[].Name' | sed -e 's,\(.*\)/.*,\1",g' | sort | uniq

# display certain path values
aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path "/general"

# if you know the list of parameters, aws cli itself has a way to display just the values
aws ssm get-parameters --names "/general/environment" "/general/project" --query "Parameters[*].{Name:Name,Value:Value}"

# if you don't you can use jq
aws ssm get-parameter --name  "/general/environment" | jq -c '{Param: .Parameter.Name, Value: .Parameter.Value}'

# to display every parameter with its value given a path
aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path "/general" | jq -c '.Parameters[] | {Param: .Name, Value: .Value}'

# to display all parameters drilling down
aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --recursive --path "/vpc" | jq -c '.Parameters[] | {Param: .Name, Value: .Value}'