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S3 object opsAWS CLI

aws s3 cp

Copy a single file or entire directory to and from S3 buckets.

Command
aws s3 cp s3:///

Example usage

Transfer individual files between local storage and S3.

aws s3 cp <local_path> s3://<bucket>/<key>
aws s3 cp s3://<bucket>/<key> <local_path>

Upload directories recursively with key prefixes.

aws s3 cp <local_dir> s3://<bucket>/<prefix> --recursive

Related tags

S3 object opsclouds3ec2iam