The following command describes a step with the step ID ``s-3LZC0QUT43AM`` in a cluster with the cluster ID ``j-3SD91U2E1L2QX``:: aws emr describe-step --cluster-id j-3SD91U2E1L2QX --step-id s-3LZC0QUT43AM Output:: { "Step": { "Status": { "Timeline": { "EndDateTime": 1433200470.481, "CreationDateTime": 1433199926.597, "StartDateTime": 1433200404.959 }, "State": "COMPLETED", "StateChangeReason": {} }, "Config": { "Args": [ "s3://us-west-2.elasticmapreduce/libs/hive/hive-script", "--base-path", "s3://us-west-2.elasticmapreduce/libs/hive/", "--install-hive", "--hive-versions", "0.13.1" ], "Jar": "s3://us-west-2.elasticmapreduce/libs/script-runner/script-runner.jar", "Properties": {} }, "Id": "s-3LZC0QUT43AM", "ActionOnFailure": "TERMINATE_CLUSTER", "Name": "Setup hive" } }