Useful AWS S3 CLI Commands

AWS S3 cli is useful tool while operating on s3 object store. This article list useful aws s3 cli commands frequently used. It can be a quick reference to anyone who is looking for quick solutions.

TL;DR #

use following option while listing or deleting objects

List Objects #

S3 objects can be listed using following syntax.

Syntax:

aws s3 ls [options] s3://<bucket-name>/<path>/ 

Example:

aws s3 ls s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/

List Objects Recursively #

ls with --recursive option is used to recursively list the items

Example:

aws s3 ls --recursive s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/

List Objects In Readable Size Format #

ls with --human-readable option is used to recursively list the items

Example:

aws s3 ls --human-readable s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/

List Objects And Total Size #

ls with --summarize option is used to list the items and the total size of objects listed.

Example:

aws s3 ls --summarize s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/

Filter List Objects Using Include And Exclude #

ls with --include and --exclude options are used to filter and list the filtered items.

Example: Below example lists objects which only has 2022 in the object name.

aws s3 ls --exclude "*"  --include "*2022-*" s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/

List Objects With Request Payer #

Usually, when we fire list command, s3 is billed for the account who owns the bucket. Instead if we want requester to be payer, use ls with --request-payer=requester option.

Example:

aws s3 ls --request-payer=requester s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/

Remove Objects #

S3 objects can be removed using following syntax.

Syntax:

aws s3 rm [options] s3://<bucket-name>/<path>/<object-name>

Example:

aws s3 rm s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/banner-ads.csv

Remove Objects Recursively #

rm with --recursive option is used to recursively removes the items

Example:

aws s3 rm --recursive s3://my-s3-bucket/campaigns/