**To describe a trail** The following ``describe-trails`` command returns the settings for ``Trail1`` and ``Trail2``:: aws cloudtrail describe-trails --trail-name-list Trail1 Trail2 Output:: { "trailList": [ { "IncludeGlobalServiceEvents": true, "Name": "Trail1", "TrailARN": "arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-1:123456789012:trail/Trail1", "LogFileValidationEnabled": false, "IsMultiRegionTrail": false, "S3BucketName": "my-bucket", "CloudWatchLogsRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/CloudTrail_CloudWatchLogs_Role", "CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn": "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:123456789012:log-group:CloudTrail:*", "SnsTopicName": "my-topic", "HomeRegion": "us-east-1" }, { "IncludeGlobalServiceEvents": true, "Name": "Trail2", "S3KeyPrefix": "my-prefix", "TrailARN": "arn:aws:cloudtrail:us-east-1:123456789012:trail/Trail2", "LogFileValidationEnabled": false, "IsMultiRegionTrail": false, "S3BucketName": "my-bucket", "KmsKeyId": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789012:key/4c5ae5ac-3c13-421e-8335-c7868ef6a769", "HomeRegion": "us-east-1" } ] }