get-parameters-by-path is not working as documented

Question

Environment

$ aws --version
aws-cli/2.0.4 Python/3.7.5 Windows/10 botocore/2.0.0dev8

AWS Console

Command:

aws ssm get-parameters-by-path --path "/site/"

Error message:

An error occurred (ValidationException) when calling the GetParametersByPath operation: The parameter doesn't meet the parameter name requirements. The parameter name must begin with a forward slash "/". It can't be prefixed with \"aws\" or \"ssm\" (case-insensitive). It must use only letters, numbers, or the following symbols: . (period), - (hyphen), _ (underscore). Special characters are not allowed. All sub-paths, if specified, must use the forward slash symbol "/". Valid example: /get/parameters2-/by1./path0_.

AWS docs:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ssm/get-parameters-by-path.html

UPDATE

The command works in Windows command prompt, this issue is with Git bash for windows.

Answer 1

Try upgrading your AWS cli client. There's a bug that was floating around and your version might be affected.

See Why am I getting an error when querying SSM parameters via get-parameters-by-path?