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**To execute a scaling policy**
This example executes the scaling policy named ``my-step-scale-out-policy`` for the specified Auto Scaling group. ::
aws autoscaling execute-policy \
--auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \
--policy-name my-step-scale-out-policy \
--metric-value 95 \
--breach-threshold 80
This command produces no output.
For more information, see `Step and simple scaling policies <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scaling-simple-step.html>`_ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*.