# 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> ...]
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Syntax" %}

```
aws s3 --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.impossibleapi.net <ACTION> <FILE SOURCE> <FILE DESTINATION>
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## 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 files

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="ls" %}

```
aws s3 ls --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.impossibleapi.net
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="mb" %}

```
aws s3 mb --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://us-west-1.storage.impossibleapi.net s3://my-new-bucket-name
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="rb" %}

```
aws s3 rb --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://us-west-1.storage.impossibleapi.net s3://my-new-bucket-name
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Add the **--recursive** flag for multiple objects operations

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Copy a single object:" %}

```
aws s3 --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.impossibleapi.net cp myfile.txt s3://your-company-bucket-name/
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Move multiple objects" %}

```
aws s3 --profile=impossiblecloud --endpoint-url=https://eu-central-2.storage.impossibleapi.net mv s3://your-company-bucket-name/ s3://your-company-bucket-name2 --recursive
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Use of Exclude and Include Filters

Most commands have **--exclude "\<value>"** and **--include "\<value>"** 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**

{% hint style="info" %}
By default, *all files are included*. This means that providing only an **--include** filter will not change what files are transferred. **--include** will only re-include files that have been excluded from an **--exclude** filter
{% endhint %}

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


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