Note

The bucket name must be unique across all existing bucket names in Amazon S3.
You can use the --region option to specify the region where the bucket will be created.

Step 2: list AWS S3 buckets

To list all AWS S3 buckets, run the following command:

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aws s3 ls

Explanation:

aws s3 ls - List all buckets

Step 3: upload a file to an AWS S3 bucket

To upload a file to an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 cp <FILE_PATH> s3://<BUCKET_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 cp - Copy an object
<FILE_PATH> - File path in your local machine
s3://<BUCKET_NAME> - Bucket name where the file will be uploaded

Step 4: download a file from an AWS S3 bucket

To download a file from an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 cp s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME> <FILE_PATH>

Explanation:

aws s3 cp - Copy an object
s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME> - Bucket name and file name where the file will be downloaded from
<FILE_PATH> - File path in your local machine

Step 5: sync a local directory with an AWS S3 bucket

To sync a local directory with an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 sync <LOCAL_DIRECTORY_PATH> s3://<BUCKET_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 sync - Sync a local directory with an S3 bucket
<LOCAL_DIRECTORY_PATH> - Local directory path in your local machine
s3://<BUCKET_NAME> - Bucket name that the local directory will be synced to

Step 6: sync an AWS S3 bucket with a local directory

To sync an AWS S3 bucket with a local directory, run the following command:

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aws s3 sync s3://<BUCKET_NAME> <LOCAL_DIRECTORY_PATH>

Explanation:

aws s3 sync - Sync an S3 bucket with a local directory
s3://<BUCKET_NAME> - Bucket name that will be synced to the local directory
<LOCAL_DIRECTORY_PATH> - Local directory path in your local machine

Step 7: list files in an AWS S3 bucket

To list all files in an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 ls s3://<BUCKET_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 ls - List all objects in a bucket
s3://<BUCKET_NAME> - Bucket name

Step 8: move a file in an AWS S3 bucket

To move a file in an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 mv s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME> s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<NEW_FILE_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 mv - Move an object
s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME> - Bucket name and file name where the file will be moved from
s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<NEW_FILE_NAME> - Bucket name and new file name where the file will be moved to

Step 9: presign a URL for an AWS S3 bucket

To presign a URL for an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 presign s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 presign - Generate a presigned URL for an Amazon S3 object or a bucket
s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME> - Bucket name and file name where the file will be presigned

Note

You can use the --expires-in option to specify the number of seconds before the presigned URL expires.
You can use the --region option to specify the region where the bucket is located.

Step 10: delete a file from an AWS S3 bucket

To delete a file from an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 rm s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 rm - Remove an object
s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<FILE_NAME> - Bucket name and file name where the file will be deleted from

Step 11: delete an AWS S3 bucket

To delete an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 rb s3://<BUCKET_NAME>

Explanation:

aws s3 rb - Remove a bucket
s3://<BUCKET_NAME> - Bucket name

Note

You can use the --force option to delete a non-empty bucket.
You can use the --region option to specify the region where the bucket is located.

Step 12: static website hosting

To host a static website on an AWS S3 bucket, run the following command:

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aws s3 website s3://<BUCKET_NAME> --index-document <INDEX_DOCUMENT> --error-document <ERROR_DOCUMENT>

Explanation:

aws s3 website - Set the configuration of a bucket for website hosting
s3://<BUCKET_NAME> - Bucket name
--index-document - The name of the index document (for example, index.html)
--error-document - The name of the error document (for example, error.html)

Note

You can use the --region option to specify the region where the bucket is located.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to use the AWS CLI to manage AWS S3 buckets. You also learned how to upload, download, sync, list, move, presign, and delete files in AWS S3 buckets.

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