Use the AWS Command Line Interface unified tool instead.
aws ec2 describe-instance-status --instance-ids i-01234567 --filters Name=instance-status.reachability,Values=passed
{
"InstanceStatuses": [
{
"InstanceId": "i-01234567",
"InstanceState": {
"Code": 16,
"Name": "running"
},
"AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2c",
"SystemStatus": {
"Status": "ok",
"Details": [
{
"Status": "passed",
"Name": "reachability"
}
]
},
"InstanceStatus": {
"Status": "ok",
"Details": [
{
"Status": "passed",
"Name": "reachability"
}
]
}
}
]
}