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AWS CLI Commands

Useful commands for managing AWS services using the CLI.

Action Command Details
Configure CLI aws configure Set up access keys and region.
List S3 buckets aws s3 ls List all S3 buckets.
Copy to S3 aws s3 cp file.txt s3://bucket-name/ Upload file to S3.
Sync directory aws s3 sync ./localdir s3://bucket-name/ Sync local directory to S3.
List EC2 instances aws ec2 describe-instances List EC2 instances.
Start EC2 instance aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0 Start EC2.
Stop EC2 instance aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0 Stop EC2.
Invoke Lambda aws lambda invoke --function-name my-function output.txt Run a Lambda function.
Describe CloudFormation stacks aws cloudformation describe-stacks List CloudFormation stacks.
List IAM users aws iam list-users Show IAM users.
Create S3 bucket aws s3 mb s3://bucket-name Make new S3 bucket.
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