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# aws s3

> CLI for AWS S3 - provides storage through web services interfaces.
> Some subcommands such as `cp` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/>.

- Show files in a bucket:

`aws s3 ls {{bucket_name}}`

- Sync files in a directory from local to bucket:

`aws s3 sync {{path/to/directory}} s3://{{bucket_name}}`

- Sync files and directories from bucket to local:

`aws s3 sync s3://{{bucket_name}} {{path/to/target}}`

- Sync files in a directory with exclusions:

`aws s3 sync {{path/to/directory}} s3://{{bucket_name}} --exclude {{path/to/file}} --exclude {{path/to/directory}}/*`

- Remove file from bucket:

`aws s3 rm s3://{{bucket}}/{{path/to/file}}`

- Preview changes only:

`aws s3 {{any_command}} --dryrun`
