# aws s3 > CLI for AWS S3 - provides storage through web services interfaces. > Some subcommands such as `aws s3 cp` have their own usage documentation. > More information: . - Show files in a bucket: `aws s3 ls {{bucket_name}}` - Sync files and directories from local to bucket: `aws s3 sync {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} s3://{{bucket_name}}` - Sync files and directories from bucket to local: `aws s3 sync s3://{{bucket_name}} {{path/to/target}}` - Sync files and directories with exclusions: `aws s3 sync {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} s3://{{bucket_name}} --exclude {{path/to/file}} --exclude {{path/to/directory}}/*` - Remove file from bucket: `aws s3 rm s3://{{bucket}}/{{path/to/file}}` - Preview changes only: `aws s3 {{any_command}} --dryrun`