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### Send command using SSM

You can use the [`SendCommand`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/API_SendCommand.html) API to send commands to the EC2 instance.
You can use the [`SendCommand`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/API_SendCommand.html) API to send a command to the EC2 instance.
The following command sends a `cat lsb-release` command in the `/etc` directory to the EC2 instance.

{{< command >}}
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The other limitations of LocalStack SSM are:

- Dockerized instances only support `AWS-RunShellScript` commands.
- [`SendCommand`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/APIReference/API_SendCommand.html) action only runs 1 command per invocation. If an array of commands is passed then only the first command is executed.

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- Commands returning non-zero codes won't capture standard output or error streams, leaving them empty.
- Shell constructs such as job controls (`&&`, `||`), and redirection (`>`) are not supported.
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