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aws s3 cp — Copy local files or S3 objects to another location locally or in S3. More information: <https://docs

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Problem

How to use the aws s3 cp command: Copy local files or S3 objects to another location locally or in S3. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/cp.html>.

Solution

aws s3 cp — Copy local files or S3 objects to another location locally or in S3. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/cp.html>.

Copy a file from local to a specific bucket:

aws s3 cp {{path/to/file}} s3://{{bucket_name}}/{{path/to/remote_file}}

Copy a specific S3 object into another bucket:

aws s3 cp s3://{{bucket_name1}}/{{path/to/file}} s3://{{bucket_name2}}/{{path/to/target}}

Copy a specific S3 object into another bucket keeping the original name:

aws s3 cp s3://{{bucket_name1}}/{{path/to/file}} s3://{{bucket_name2}}

Copy S3 objects to a local directory recursively:

aws s3 cp s3://{{bucket_name}} . --recursive

Display help:

aws s3 cp help

Code Snippets

Copy a file from local to a specific bucket

aws s3 cp {{path/to/file}} s3://{{bucket_name}}/{{path/to/remote_file}}

Copy a specific S3 object into another bucket

aws s3 cp s3://{{bucket_name1}}/{{path/to/file}} s3://{{bucket_name2}}/{{path/to/target}}

Copy a specific S3 object into another bucket keeping the original name

aws s3 cp s3://{{bucket_name1}}/{{path/to/file}} s3://{{bucket_name2}}

Copy S3 objects to a local directory recursively

aws s3 cp s3://{{bucket_name}} . --recursive

Display help

aws s3 cp help

Context

tldr-pages: common/aws s3 cp

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