AWS CLI S3 Cheat Sheet/Upload a directory recursively

Copy a local directory tree to S3.

Section: High-Level S3 Commands

Upload a directory recursively

bash
bash
aws s3 cp ./dist s3://my-bucket/site/ --recursive
Explanation

Frequently used for static site and artifact uploads.

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