s5cmd

name	s5cmd
description	Use this skill when the user wants to work with S3 storage, copy files to/from S3, or perform S3 operations efficiently.

s5cmd Plugin

Parallel S3 and local filesystem execution tool. Fast S3 operations with parallel execution for high performance.

Commands

S3 Operations

• s5cmd s3 copy — Copy files to/from S3

Utility

• s5cmd _ _ — Passthrough to s5cmd CLI

Usage Examples

• "Copy files to S3"
• "Download from S3"
• "Sync S3 bucket"
• "List S3 objects"

Installation

brew install s5cmd

Or via Go:

go install github.com/peak/s5cmd/cmd/s5cmd@latest

Examples

# Copy to S3
s5cmd s3 copy localfile.txt s3://bucket/path/

# Copy from S3
s5cmd s3 copy s3://bucket/path/file.txt .

# Set concurrency
s5cmd s3 copy localfile.txt s3://bucket/path/ --concurrency 10

# Dry run
s5cmd s3 copy localfile.txt s3://bucket/path/ --dry-run

# Any s5cmd command with passthrough
s5cmd _ _ cp s3://bucket/path/ .
s5cmd _ _ ls s3://bucket/path/
s5cmd _ _ sync s3://bucket/path/ localdir

Key Features

• Parallel - Concurrent operations for speed
• S3 - AWS S3 support
• GCS - Google Cloud Storage support
• Fast - High performance
• Copy - Copy files to/from S3
• Sync - Sync directories
• List - List S3 objects
• Delete - Delete S3 objects
• Wildcards - Support for wildcards
• Configurable - Adjust concurrency

Notes

• AWS credentials required
• Supports both S3 and GCS
• Can use wildcards for patterns
• Great for large file transfers