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**To retrieve details for a Greengrass core definition**
The following ``get-core-definition`` example retrieves information about the specified core definition. To retrieve the IDs of your core definitions, use the ``list-core-definitions`` command. ::
aws greengrass get-core-definition \
--core-definition-id "c906ed39-a1e3-4822-a981-7b9bd57b4b46"
Output::
{
"Arn": "arn:aws:greengrass:us-west-2:123456789012:/greengrass/definition/cores/237d6916-27cf-457f-ba0c-e86cfb5d25cd",
"CreationTimestamp": "2018-10-18T04:47:06.721Z",
"Id": "237d6916-27cf-457f-ba0c-e86cfb5d25cd",
"LastUpdatedTimestamp": "2018-10-18T04:47:06.721Z",
"LatestVersion": "bd2cd6d4-2bc5-468a-8962-39e071e34b68",
"LatestVersionArn": "arn:aws:greengrass:us-west-2:123456789012:/greengrass/definition/cores/237d6916-27cf-457f-ba0c-e86cfb5d25cd/versions/bd2cd6d4-2bc5-468a-8962-39e071e34b68",
"tags": {}
}