在此 AWS CLI 命令中，为什么使用 --exclude 和 --include 通配符复制文件不起作用？

Question

In the following directory, I want to upload only the .html files in top /DirA/ to the root of my AWS bucket:

/DirA/ , eg

.file
fileA.html
fileB.html
fileC.bin
/subdirA
/subdirB

When I run the this:

me@me:/DirA$ aws s3 cp ./ s3://MYBUCKET/ --dryrun --exclude "*" --include "*.html"

The .html files are not handled by aws and I just get the empty prompt me@me:/DirA$ back. No error or the usual (dry run) upload: message.

I have also tried

me@me:/$ aws s3 cp /DirA/ s3://MYBUCKET/ --dryrun --exclude "*" --include "*.html"

with the same empty prompt.

Please note (if helpful):

1. The above were in Ubuntu 18.04 with latest installed AWS CLI v1.
2. I also installed AWS CLI in Windows and did the same, with similar empty result.
3. Uploading stuff which does not require --exclude or --include like that works normally

What am I doing wrong and how to fix that. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

I do believe you are missing the --recursive option on your command.

Inside your folder:

aws s3 cp . s3://DESTINATION_BUCKET/ --dryrun --exclude="*" --include="*.html" --recursive

I found nothing that sustains this need on the doc, although local tests show that only works with this parameter.

Here's the link for the doc on AWS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/index.html#use-of-exclude-and-include-filters

Answer 2

josedasilva is right, you need to use the --recursive flag. Now, to only include only the current directory files, you need to mix some include and exclude flags.

This should do the job:

aws s3 cp --recursive ./ s3://MYBUCKET/ --exclude "*" --include "*.html" --exclude "*/*"