AWS S3 Commands

General

$aws s3 help

$aws s3 ls

$aws s3 ls s3://bucket-name

Working with files

$aws s3 cp file.txt s3://my-bucket/

$aws s3 rm s3://my-bucket/path/MyFile2.rtf

Sync

$aws s3 sync . s3://my-bucket/path

Sync + delete

The following example, which extends the previous one, shows how this works.

Delete local file $rm ./MyFile1.txt

Attempt sync without --delete option - nothing happens

$aws s3 sync . s3://my-bucket/path

Sync with deletion - object is deleted from bucket

$ aws s3 sync . s3://my-bucket/path --delete

(delete: s3://my-bucket/path/MyFile1.txt)

Delete object from bucket

$aws s3 rm s3://my-bucket/path/MySubdirectory/MyFile3.txt

(delete: s3://my-bucket/path/MySubdirectory/MyFile3.txt)

Sync with deletion - local file is deleted

$aws s3 sync s3://my-bucket/path . --delete

(delete: MySubdirectory\MyFile3.txt)

Sync with Infrequent Access storage class

$aws s3 sync . s3://my-bucket/path --storage-class STANDARD_IA

References

Common CLI Commands & Reference

s3 – High-level commands that simplify performing common tasks, such as creating, manipulating, and deleting objects and buckets. S3 Reference

s3api – Exposes direct access to all Amazon S3 API operations which enables you to carry out advanced operations. S3API Reference