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azcopy — Copy data to and from Azure Storage. See also: `az storage`. More information: <https://learn.micros

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Problem

How to use the azcopy command: Copy data to and from Azure Storage. See also: az storage. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10#list-of-commands>.

Solution

azcopy — Copy data to and from Azure Storage. See also: az storage. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10#list-of-commands>.

Log in to an Azure Tenant:

azcopy login

Upload a local file:

azcopy {{[c|copy]}} '{{path/to/source_file}}' 'https://{{storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}/{{blob_name}}'

Upload files with .txt and .jpg extensions:

azcopy {{[c|copy]}} '{{path/to/source_directory}}' 'https://{{storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}' --include-pattern '*.txt;*.jpg'

Copy a container directly between two Azure storage accounts:

azcopy {{[c|copy]}} 'https://{{source_storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}' 'https://{{destination_storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}'

Synchronize a local directory and delete files in the destination if they no longer exist in the source:

azcopy {{[s|sync]}} '{{path/to/source_directory}}' 'https://{{storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}' --delete-destination true

Display help:

azcopy {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

azcopy login

Upload a local file

azcopy {{[c|copy]}} '{{path/to/source_file}}' 'https://{{storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}/{{blob_name}}'

Upload files with `.txt` and `.jpg` extensions

azcopy {{[c|copy]}} '{{path/to/source_directory}}' 'https://{{storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}' --include-pattern '*.txt;*.jpg'

Copy a container directly between two Azure storage accounts

azcopy {{[c|copy]}} 'https://{{source_storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}' 'https://{{destination_storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}'

Synchronize a local directory and delete files in the destination if they no longer exist in the source

azcopy {{[s|sync]}} '{{path/to/source_directory}}' 'https://{{storage_account_name}}.blob.core.windows.net/{{container_name}}' --delete-destination true

Context

tldr-pages: common/azcopy

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