# usquery is https://github.com/smoser/talk-simplestreams
# it invokes sstream-query with easier syntax.
# there is even easier tool at that repo in 'image-status'
# $ image-status ec2 | pastebinit
# http://paste.ubuntu.com/25983209/
## Here we invoke with some filters to make this more clear.
$ usquery uc-aws region=us-east-1 --max=1 --output-format="%(release)s %(label)s %(root_store)s %(virt)s %(id)s" 'release~(trusty|xenial|zesty|bionic)' | sort | column -t
trusty release ebs hvm ami-8d9e1cf7
trusty release ebs pv ami-4a981a30
trusty release ebs pv ami-4a9b1930
trusty release instance hvm ami-5a8d0f20
trusty release instance pv ami-59800223
trusty release instance pv ami-9ffe7ce5
trusty release io1 hvm ami-6f9d1f15
trusty release io1 pv ami-049e1c7e
trusty release io1 pv ami-2a9e1c50
trusty release ssd hvm ami-c29e1cb8
trusty release ssd pv ami-299c1e53
trusty release ssd pv ami-db9c1ea1
xenial release instance hvm ami-910faeeb
xenial release instance pv ami-af13b2d5
xenial release ssd hvm ami-da05a4a0
xenial release ssd pv ami-0309a879
zesty release instance hvm ami-daaa28a0
zesty release instance pv ami-c1a426bb
zesty release ssd hvm ami-fe9a1884
zesty release ssd pv ami-6f9c1e15
$ usquery uc-aws-daily region=us-east-1 --max=1 --output-format="%(release)s %(label)s %(root_store)s %(virt)s %(id)s" 'release~(trusty|xenial|zesty|bionic)' | sort | column -t
trusty daily ebs hvm ami-ae4dccd4
trusty daily ebs pv ami-2742c35d
trusty daily ebs pv ami-6a46c710
trusty daily instance hvm ami-6c42c316
trusty daily instance pv ami-cd41c0b7
trusty daily instance pv ami-f5bf3e8f
trusty daily io1 hvm ami-8a51d0f0
trusty daily io1 pv ami-7247c608
trusty daily io1 pv ami-f342c389
trusty daily ssd hvm ami-4950d133
trusty daily ssd pv ami-184ecf62
trusty daily ssd pv ami-f04bca8a
xenial daily instance hvm ami-f447c78e
xenial daily instance pv ami-444ccc3e
xenial daily ssd hvm ami-87bd3dfd
xenial daily ssd pv ami-9eb939e4
zesty daily instance hvm ami-f27efd88
zesty daily instance pv ami-8d7efdf7
zesty daily ssd hvm ami-0e63e074
zesty daily ssd pv ami-9064e7ea