Google Cloud

Storage Commands

Manage Google Cloud Storage buckets and objects using gsutil and gcloud storage commands. Upload, download, and sync data.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'gsutil -m' for multi-threaded operations on many files.

Enable versioning to protect against accidental deletions and overwrites.

Use 'gsutil rsync' to synchronize local directories with buckets.

Common Mistakes

Bucket names are globally unique - deleted names may not be reusable.

Public buckets can incur high egress costs - monitor access patterns.

Commands

Copy Files

$ gsutil cp <local-file> gs://<bucket>/<path>

Copy files to/from Cloud Storage

Copy Directory

$ gsutil -m cp -r <local-dir> gs://<bucket>/<path>

Copy directory recursively with parallelism

Get Bucket IAM

$ gsutil iam get gs://<bucket-name>

Get IAM policy for bucket

List Buckets/Objects

$ gsutil ls gs://<bucket-name>

List buckets or objects in a bucket

Create Bucket

$ gsutil mb -l <region> gs://<bucket-name>

Create a new Cloud Storage bucket

Delete Bucket

$ gsutil rb gs://<bucket-name>

Delete an empty bucket

Delete Objects

$ gsutil rm gs://<bucket>/<object>

Delete objects from bucket

Sync Files

$ gsutil rsync -r <local-dir> gs://<bucket>/<path>

Synchronize local directory with bucket