# Describe export tasks (CLI)
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After you create an export task, you can get the current status of the task.

**To describe export tasks using the AWS CLI**  
At a command prompt, use the following [describe-export-tasks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/logs/describe-export-tasks.html) command.

```
aws logs --profile CWLExportUser describe-export-tasks --task-id "cda45419-90ea-4db5-9833-aade86253e66"
```

The following is example output.

```
{
   "exportTasks": [
   {
      "destination": "my-exported-logs",
      "destinationPrefix": "export-task-output",
      "executionInfo": {
         "creationTime": 1441495400000
      },
      "from": 1441490400000,
      "logGroupName": "my-log-group",
      "status": {
         "code": "RUNNING",
         "message": "Started Successfully"
      },
      "taskId": "cda45419-90ea-4db5-9833-aade86253e66",
      "taskName": "my-log-group-09-10-2015",
      "tTo": 1441494000000
   }]
}
```

You can use the `describe-export-tasks` command in three different ways:
+ **Without any filters** – Lists all of your export tasks, in reverse order of creation.
+ **Filter on task ID** – Lists the export task, if one exists, with the specified ID.
+ **Filter on task status** – Lists the export tasks with the specified status.

For example, use the following command to filter on the `FAILED` status.

```
aws logs --profile CWLExportUser describe-export-tasks --status-code "FAILED"
```

The following is example output.

```
{
   "exportTasks": [
   {
      "destination": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket",
      "destinationPrefix": "export-task-output",
      "executionInfo": {
         "completionTime": 1441498600000
         "creationTime": 1441495400000
      },
      "from": 1441490400000,
      "logGroupName": "my-log-group",
      "status": {
         "code": "FAILED",
         "message": "FAILED"
      },
      "taskId": "cda45419-90ea-4db5-9833-aade86253e66",
      "taskName": "my-log-group-09-10-2015",
      "to": 1441494000000
   }]
}
```