Exclude folders for s3cmd sync

Question

I am using s3cmd and i would like to know how to exclude all folders within a bucket and just sync the bucket root. for example ``` bucket folder/two/ folder/two/file.jpg get.jpg ``` with the sync i just want it to sync the get.jpg and ignore the folder and its contents. ``` s3cmd --config sync s3://s3bucket (only sync root) local/ ``` If someone could help that would be amazing i have already tried the --exclude but not sure how to use it in this situation?

Accepted Answer

You should indeed use the `--exclude` option. If you want to sync every file on the root but not the folders, you should try :

```
s3cmd --exclude="/*/*" sync local/ s3://s3bucket
```

Keep in mind that a folder doesn't really exist on S3. What seems to be a file `file` in a folder `folder` is just a file named `folder/file`! So you just have to exclude file with the pattern `/*/*`.

Exclude folders for s3cmd sync

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