**To view a list of applications** The following command retrieves information about applications in the current region:: aws elasticbeanstalk describe-applications Output:: { "Applications": [ { "ApplicationName": "ruby", "ConfigurationTemplates": [], "DateUpdated": "2015-08-13T21:05:44.376Z", "Versions": [ "Sample Application" ], "DateCreated": "2015-08-13T21:05:44.376Z" }, { "ApplicationName": "pythonsample", "Description": "Application created from the EB CLI using \"eb init\"", "Versions": [ "Sample Application" ], "DateCreated": "2015-08-13T19:05:43.637Z", "ConfigurationTemplates": [], "DateUpdated": "2015-08-13T19:05:43.637Z" }, { "ApplicationName": "nodejs-example", "ConfigurationTemplates": [], "DateUpdated": "2015-08-06T17:50:02.486Z", "Versions": [ "add elasticache", "First Release" ], "DateCreated": "2015-08-06T17:50:02.486Z" } ] }