s3fs

s3fs

s3fs is an Amazon S3 client that provides a familiar interface for navigating and managing S3 buckets and objects. The goal of s3fs is to allow you to interact with Amazon S3 as you would your local filesystem.

Installation

Binary

Simply go to the releases page and download the appropriate binary for your environment.

From Source

s3fs is written in Go and can be installed using go get if you have a working Go environment.

go get github.com/brozzis/s3fs

Usage

Execute the s3fs command to launch the application, and then use the appropriate commands outlined below to navigate Amazon S3 as if it were a local filesystem.

s3fs

cd

Changes the current working directory.

Examples:

# Move into a bucket
$ cd bucket 

# Move into a folder within a bucket
$ cd bucket/folder/subfolder

# Move back to root
$ cd /

pwd

Prints the current working directory.

Examples:

$ cd bucket/folder
$ pwd
/bucket/folder

ls

Lists current directory contents.

Examples:

# Print bucket list when at root.
$ ls
[B] bucket1
[B] bucket2
[B] bucket3

# Print object list when in a bucket.
$ cd bucket1
$ ls
 folder1/
 folder2/
 file1.txt

$ cd folder1
$ ls 
 subfolder/
 file2.txt
 file3.txt

get

Downloads a remote Amazon S3 object to the local filesystem.

Examples:

# Download to the current directory
$ get bucket/folder/file.txt

# Download to a specific location
$ get file.txt ~/Desktop/

put

Uploads a local file to Amazon S3.

Examples:

# Upload to the pwd
$ put file.txt

# Upload to a specific location
$ put file.txt bucket/folder

Other Commands

• clear clears all terminal output.
• exit quits s3fs.

Contributing

There are a number of commands left to implement, and contributions are more than welcome! Specifically, commands to upload and download files, folders, and buckets are sorely missing.

Check the issues page if you're interested in contributing or if you feel a feature is missing!

License

s3fs is licensed under Apache License 2.0.