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aws-s3api:tldr:30938
aws-s3api: Download the Amazon S3 bucket policy from a specified bucket.
$ aws s3api get-bucket-policy --bucket ${bucket_name} --query Policy --output ${select} > ${path-to-bucket_policy}
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This command is using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) to retrieve the bucket policy for a specific S3 bucket.
aws s3api get-bucket-policy
is the AWS CLI command to get the bucket policy of an S3 bucket.--bucket ${bucket_name}
is the placeholder for the name of the S3 bucket you want to retrieve the policy from. You need to replace${bucket_name}
with the actual name of the bucket you want to fetch the policy for.--query Policy
is an optional parameter that allows you to specify a JSON query to filter the output. In this case, it is fetching thePolicy
value from the response JSON.--output ${select}
is another optional parameter that lets you customize the format of the output. You need to replace${select}
with the desired output format. For example, you can use--output json
to get the output in JSON format.> ${path-to-bucket_policy}
is redirecting the output to a file specified by${path-to-bucket_policy}
. You need to replace${path-to-bucket_policy}
with the path where you want to save the bucket policy file.
So, when you execute this command with the appropriate values, it will retrieve the bucket policy of the specified S3 bucket and save it in the file specified by ${path-to-bucket_policy}
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.