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slimjourney
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Reputation: 103

AWS S3 Bucket File - Rename object that has backslash into folder and file

I have some old uploaded S3 objects that were supposed to be in a subfolder/filename format, but mistakenly used a backslash which made the subfolder part of the actual object's filename.

Using the aws cli, how will I be able to recursively run through all my objects that have a backslash (folder\file), make a new subfolder with the foldername, and place the object with the correct filename inside (folder/file)?

From this

bucket
    folder1\file1
    folder1\file2
    folder1\file3

To this

bucket
    folder1
        file1
        file2
        file3

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1134

Answers (1)

luk2302
luk2302

Reputation: 57184

S3 does not have "folders", it only has "keys".
You need to list all the objects and then copy the object to a key with proper / in it, e.g. folder1/file1, then you can delete the old file. There is no move operation in S3. And you will not need to create a folder. "Folders" only exist within the aws web console since they are needed for human interaction.

Upvotes: 2

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