Renaming files in S3

Question

How can I rename the files which are already in S3?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do that from the AWS CLI, with the mv command. Let me give you the step by step process. I am assuming you already have created the S3 bucket and added few objects.

Steps to rename files:

1. Download and install the AWS CLI tool
2. Then use the command aws configure and provide the necessary details. Follow this documentation - AWS configure documentation
3. Use this command directly or save it in a file and call it : aws s3 -recursive mv s3://bucketname/foldername/filename s3://bucketname/foldername/newfilename
4. Provide the appropriate information in the bucketname, foldername and filename parts. Enter the newfilename which you want in the second part.

That's it! This should work.

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