Use Amazon S3 with the AWS CLI - AWS Command Line Interface

Use Amazon S3 with the AWS CLI

An introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

You can access the features of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). The AWS CLI provides two tiers of commands for accessing Amazon S3:

  • s3 – High-level commands that simplify performing common tasks, such as creating, manipulating, and deleting objects and buckets.

  • s3api – Exposes direct access to all Amazon S3 API operations which enables you to carry out advanced operations.