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s3cmd: Download a specific file from a bucket.
$ s3cmd get s3://${bucket_name}/${filename} ${path-to-local_file}
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This command is used to download a file from an Amazon S3 bucket. Here's a breakdown of the different components:

  • s3cmd: This is the command-line tool used to interact with Amazon S3.
  • get: This is the command used to download a file from S3.
  • s3://${bucket_name}/${filename}: This is the S3 object you want to download. ${bucket_name} should be replaced with the actual name of the S3 bucket, and ${filename} should be replaced with the name of the file you want to download. For example, if the bucket name is "my-bucket" and the file name is "example.txt", this part of the command would be s3://my-bucket/example.txt.
  • ${path-to-local_file}: This is the local file path and name where you want to save the downloaded file. It should be replaced with the desired local file location. For example, if you want to save the file in the current directory with the same name, you can simply use ./${filename}.

When you run this command with the correct values for the bucket name, filename, and local file path, it will download the specified file from the S3 bucket and save it to the specified local file path.

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.
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