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gcloud alpha compute machine-images describeis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute machine-images describe - describe a Compute Engine machine image
 
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gcloud alpha compute machine-images describeIMAGE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …] 
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(ALPHA)Describe a Compute Engine machine image. - EXAMPLES
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To describe a machine image, run:
gcloud alpha compute machine-images describe my-machine-image - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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IMAGE- Name of the machineImage to describe.
 
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These flags are available to all commands: 
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
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This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute machine-images describegcloud beta compute machine-images describe 
      gcloud alpha compute machine-images describe
  
  
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