| Command |
Description |
aws help |
Show AWS CLI help. |
aws --version |
Show the current AWS CLI version. |
aws configure |
Configure AWS Key ID, AWS Secret, default region, and default output format for the AWS CLI. |
aws configure --profile <profile_name> |
Configure using a specific profile name. Profiles are stored in ~/.aws/credentials (Linux and MacOS). |
Note: Specify a region for EC2 commands by configuring a default region (aws configure) or setting the AWS_DEFAULT_REGION environment variable.
Example: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1 aws ec2 describe-instances
| Command |
Description |
aws ec2 describe-instances |
Describe all instances in the current region. |
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids <instance_id_1> <instance_id_2> |
Describe specific instances by their IDs. |
aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=<instance_name> |
Filter and describe instances by name. |
aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids <instance_id_1> <instance_id_2> |
Start previously stopped instances by their IDs. |
aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids <instance_id_1> <instance_id_2> |
Stop running instances by their IDs. |
aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids <instance_id_1> <instance_id_2> |
Terminate the specified instances by their IDs. |
Note: The root directory of an S3 bucket is specified using the syntax: s3://<bucket_name>
| Command |
Description |
aws s3 ls |
List S3 objects and common prefixes under a prefix or all S3 buckets. |
aws s3 ls s3://<bucket_name> |
List objects and common prefixes under a specified bucket and prefix. |
aws s3 mb s3://<bucket_name> |
Create a specific S3 bucket. |
aws s3 rb s3://<bucket_name> |
Remove an empty specific S3 bucket by name. |
aws s3 mv <local_file_path> s3://<bucket_name>/<destination_file_path> |
Move a file from local_file_path to a specific bucket at destination_file_path. |
Example: aws s3 mv text.txt s3://mybucket/text.txt |
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aws s3 mv s3://<bucket_name_1> s3://<bucket_name_2> --recursive |
Move all objects from bucket_name_1 to bucket_name_2. |
aws s3 sync <source> <target> |
Sync all contents from source to target. Copies and updates missing or outdated files. |
Examples: aws s3 sync . s3://mybucket, aws s3 sync s3://bucket_1 s3://bucket_2 |
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aws s3 sync <source> <target> --delete |
Sync all contents from source to target and remove files in the target not in the source. |