S3cmd tool

In this article, we will show you how to setup and configure the s3cmd tool for Amazon S3. S3cmd is a command line tool for uploading, retrieving and managing data in Amazon S3.

Step 1 :  Make directory for download files

 #mkdir s3cmd  ; cd s3cmd

Steo 2 :  Download S3cmd tool

 #wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/s3tools/s3cmd/1.5.0-alpha3/s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3.tar.gz

Step 3 :  Install Python as a perquisite for installation of s3cmd tool

In Redhat/CentOS/Fedora

# yum install python

In Ubuntu/Debian

# apt-get install python

Step 4: Extract s3cmd tarball and install it

# tar -xvzf s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3.tar.gz# python setup.py install

Step 5: Configure s3cmd by providing infomation so that it can access your S3 account

You have to enter your Access Key and Secret Key of your AWS account using s3cmd -configure command

s3cmd configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using s3cmd :

– mb :- This command is used for making new bucket.
Example: s3cmd mb s3://bucketname

– rb :- This command is used for removing for bucket.
Example: s3cmd rb s3://buckettoremove

– ls :- This command lists all file. You can also tell it to check a path/bucket
Example: s3cmd ls
Example 2: s3cmd ls s3://buckettocheck

– put :- This command puts/uploads a file to the path your specify
Example: s3cmd put ~/filetoupload.txt s3://buckettouploadto

– get :- This is the same as the put command but in reverse
Example: s3cmd get s3://bucket/filetodownload.txt ~/locationtoputit

– del :- This command deltes a file on the S3 server
Example: s3cmd del s3://bucket/filetodelete.txt