Example Cloud Storage operations

This is used for copying or uploading files, for example.

For details about options, see the gcloud CLI documentation.

• List buckets and objects

  Syntax

  gsutil ls <target> [-options]

  Example

  The following example shows all buckets in a list.

  $ gsutil ls
  gs://my-sdsc-bucket/
  gs://my-sdsc-bucket2/

  The following example shows all objects in the bucket in a list.

  $ gsutil ls gs://my-sdsc-bucket/
  gs://my-sdsc-bucket/test.txt
  gs://my-sdsc-bucket/test2.txt
  gs://my-sdsc-bucket/folder1/

• Copy objects

  Syntax

  gsutil cp <source> <target> [-options]

  Example

  The following example copies a file (test.txt) from your bucket (my-sdsc-bucket) to your current working directory.

  gsutil cp gs://my-sdsc-bucket/test.txt .

  The following example copies a file (test2.txt) to your bucket (my-sdsc-bucket).

  gsutil cp test2.txt gs://my-sdsc-bucket