How to use AWS CLI on your local terminal

Using AWS CLI

Step One: (download awscli)

curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip" -o "awscli-bundle.zip"

Step Two: (Unzip awscli)

unzip awscli-bundle.zip

Step Three: (Run the installation)

sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws

Step Four: (configure aws cli to connect to your aws account)

aws configure 

Step Five: (Fill the following)

AWS Access Key ID [None]: Add your access key
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: add your secret key
Default region name [None]: Add your region
Default output format [None]: json

Quick test

aws s3 ls

Copy files/direectory from local to s3

aws s3 cp /path/to/local/file/or/directory s3://my-bucket/path/ --recursive