Last modified March 27, 2025

AWS CLI basic commands

General commands syntax

This section is designed to explain the most important concepts and notations used in the set of high-level ‘s3’ commands.

aws s3 <Command> [<Arg> ...]

Syntax:

aws s3 --profile=jetbackup --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.jetbackup.com <ACTION> <FILE SOURCE> <FILE DESTINATION>

Supported high-level commands

  • cp - copy

  • mv - move

  • ls - list buckets

  • rm - remove an object

  • mb - make a bucket

  • rb - remove a bucket

  • sync - sync directories with new and updated file

Example:

aws s3 ls --profile=jetbackup --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.jetbackup.com
aws s3 mb --profile=jetbackup --endpoint-url=https://us-west-1.storage.jetbackup.com s3://my-new-bucket-name
aws s3 rb --profile=jetbackup --endpoint-url=https://us-west-1.storage.jetbackup.com s3://my-new-bucket-name

Add the –recursive flag for multiple objects operations

aws s3 --profile=jetbackup --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.jetbackup.com cp myfile.txt s3://your-company-bucket-name/
aws s3 --profile=jetbackup --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.jetbackup.com mv s3://your-company-bucket-name/ s3://your-company-bucket-name2 --recursive

Use of Exclude and Include Filters

Most commands have –exclude “” and –include “” parameters that can achieve the desired result. These parameters perform pattern matching to either ex- or include a particular file or object. The following pattern symbols are supported:

  • *: Matches everything

  • ?: Matches any single character

  • [sequence]: Matches any character in sequence

  • [!sequence]: Matches any character not in sequence

See more information on the AWS CLI here: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/