Managing AWS from the command line.
aws s3 cp
Copies files to, from, or between S3 buckets.
aws s3 sync
Synchronizes a local directory and an S3 bucket, uploading only changed files and optionally deleting removed ones.
aws s3 ls
Lists S3 buckets or the objects within a bucket/prefix.
aws ec2 describe-instances
Describes one or more EC2 instances and their current state.
aws ec2 start-instances
Starts one or more stopped EC2 instances.
aws ec2 stop-instances
Stops one or more running EC2 instances.
aws configure
Interactively sets up credentials, default region, and output format for the CLI.
aws sts get-caller-identity
Shows which AWS identity (account/user/role) the current credentials belong to — the fastest way to check what you're authenticated as.
aws logs tail
Tails a CloudWatch Logs group, optionally following new events as they arrive.
aws cloudfront create-invalidation
Invalidates cached objects in a CloudFront distribution so the next request re-fetches them from the origin.