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+# AWS Missing Tools
+AWS Missing Tools is a suite of tools that extends Amazon's provided command line tools. The tools are described below:
+
+## as-apply-alarms
+apply alarms to one or more Auto Scaling Groups
+
+## as-update-launch-config
+modify an Auto Scaling Group's Launch Configuration
+
+## aws-ha-release and aws-ha-release-ruby
+allows the high-availability / no downtime replacement of all EC2 Instances in an Auto Scaling Group that is behind an Elastic Load Balancer
+
+## ec2-automate-backup
+provide easy backup/snapshot functionality for multiple EC2 EBS volumes
+
+## ec2-cost-calculate-ruby
+sum the total cost of instances running in one or all AWS Regions
+
+## iam-keyfind
+list all Access Keys belonging to IAM accounts or find a particular IAM key
+
+## rds-apply-alarms
+apply alarms to one or more Amazon RDS instances
+
+## route53-migrate-zone
+migrating a Route53 zone to a new zone or to a new AWS account