
describe-alarms-for-metric
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DESCRIPTION
===========

Retrieves all alarms for a single metric. Specify a statistic, period,
or unit to filter the set of alarms further.


SYNOPSIS
========

   aws cloudwatch describe-alarms-for-metric
     --namespace <value>
     --metric-name <value>
     [--dimensions <value>]
     [--period <value>]
     [--statistic <value>]
     [--unit <value>]


REQUIRED PARAMETERS
===================

"--namespace"  (string)
   The namespace of the metric.

"--metric-name"  (string)
   The name of the metric.


OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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"--dimensions"  (list)
   The list of dimensions associated with the metric.

      (structure)
         The "Dimension" data type further expands on the identity of
         a metric using a Name, Value pair.

         "name"  (string)
            The name of the dimension.

         "value"  (string)
            The value representing the dimension measurement

   *Parameter Syntax*

      [
        {
          "name": "string",
          "value": "string"
        }
        ...
      ]

"--period"  (integer)
   The period in seconds over which the statistic is applied.

"--statistic"  (string)
   The statistic for the metric.

"--unit"  (string)
   The unit for the metric.
