Overview of All Commands

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S3Express Commands

Notes:
- For all commands: if objects or path names contain spaces, they must be surrounded with double quotation marks ("), e.g. "c:\folder\file name with spaces.txt"
- All commands support command variables

 

Command

Description

Buckets

mkbkt

Create (make) a new bucket.

rmbkt

Remove a bucket. The bucket must be completely empty without objects or the command will fail.

getbktinfo

Show (get) bucket information.

List Objects

ls

List objects (i.e. files and folders) in a bucket. Optionally show object's metadata and ACLs.

cd

Change the current S3 working location.

Metadata

getmeta

Show (get) the metadata associated with an object. Note: use the list command 'ls' to show metadata associated with multiple objects.

setmeta

Set the metadata associated with one or more objects.

ACL

getacl

Show (get) the access control list (ACL) permissions of an object. Note: use the list command ls to show the ACL permissions of multiple objects.

setacl

Set the access control list (ACL) permissions of one or more objects.

Put (Upload)

put

Upload files to a S3 bucket.

mkfol

Creates a folder at current working location.

lsupl

List in-progress multipart uploads.

rmupl

Remove in-progress multipart uploads.

Delete

del

Delete one or more objects from a bucket.

Copy

copy

Create a copy of an object that is already stored on Amazon S3.

Restore

restore

Restore objects from Glacier to S3.

Authorization

saveauth

Save Access Key ID and Secret Access Key in S3Express.

loadauth

Load a previously saved Access Key ID and Secret Access Key in S3Express for use.

showauth

Show Access Key ID and Secret Access Key as stored in S3Express.

rmauth

Remove Access Key ID and Secret Access Key from S3Express.

Options

setopt

Set S3Express options.

showopt

Show S3Express options.

License

license

Enter a license in S3Express. Entering a license unlocks the S3Express trial.

Exec

exec

Load and execute a list of commands from a text file.

Shortcuts

c1, c2, ..., c9

Execute memorized command (shortcut).

Other

checkupdates

Check for program updates.

md5

Calculate and show MD5 value of a file.

mimetype

Show default mime type used by S3Express for a specific file extension.

OnErrorSkip
ResetErrorStatus
ShowErrorStatus

Error handling commands. Useful when processing multiple commands with exec or via command line.

pause

Pause for the specified amount of seconds when processing multiple commands.

pwd

Show current local working directory.

Help

help or h

Show inline help.

htmlhelp

Show help in HTML format.

pdfhelp

Show help in PDF format.

Exit

q, quit or exit

Exit S3Express.