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Delete all old object versions in an S3 bucket. Be extremely careful!
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delete-old-s3-versions.sh
#!/bin/sh
set -e
BUCKET="$1" ; shift
BATCH_SIZE=100
aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket "$BUCKET" |
jq '[.Versions[] | select(.IsLatest == false) | {Key, VersionId}]' |
jq -c "_nwise($BATCH_SIZE) | {Objects:., Quiet:false}" |
tr '\n' '\0' |
xargs -0 -n1 aws s3api delete-objects --bucket "$BUCKET" --delete
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