AWS CLI (Linux)

This guide describes how to access your data through the AWS CLI. Below, you will find the steps you can follow to access your data using the AWS Command Line Interface

Step 1: Install the Amazon AWS CLI using the instructions on this page: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/

Step 2: Once installed, you need to initialize your AWS configuration by typing the following command:

aws configure

This command will ask you for your AWS Access Key ID, AWS Secret Access Key, and AWS Region which you can all retrieve from Your credentials.

The Default output format option you can leave empty.

Step 3: Now you can retrieve a list of all files in your S3 bucket using the CLI.

To list all files, for example, use the following command:

aws s3 ls s3://your-bucket-name

Or use the following command to download a file to your local hard drive home directory:

aws s3 cp s3://your-bucket-name/filename.csv ~/filename.csv