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aws s3 ls — List AWS S3 buckets, folders (prefixes), and files (objects). More information: <https://docs.aws.am

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Problem

How to use the aws s3 ls command: List AWS S3 buckets, folders (prefixes), and files (objects). More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html>.

Solution

aws s3 ls — List AWS S3 buckets, folders (prefixes), and files (objects). More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/ls.html>.

List all buckets:

aws s3 ls

List files and folders in the root of a bucket (s3:// is optional):

aws s3 ls s3://{{bucket_name}}

List files and folders directly inside a directory:

aws s3 ls {{bucket_name}}/{{path/to/directory}}/

List all files in a bucket:

aws s3 ls --recursive {{bucket_name}}

List all files in a path with a given prefix:

aws s3 ls --recursive {{bucket_name}}/{{path/to/directory}}/{{prefix}}

Display help:

aws s3 ls help

Code Snippets

List all buckets

aws s3 ls

List files and folders in the root of a bucket (`s3://` is optional)

aws s3 ls s3://{{bucket_name}}

List files and folders directly inside a directory

aws s3 ls {{bucket_name}}/{{path/to/directory}}/

List all files in a bucket

aws s3 ls --recursive {{bucket_name}}

List all files in a path with a given prefix

aws s3 ls --recursive {{bucket_name}}/{{path/to/directory}}/{{prefix}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aws s3 ls

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