How to properly use include exclude parameters

[jtroeth1]

Hi there,

I am constantly astonished at how poor the include and exclude flags are...

I have a directory that I want to delete all txt files from:

2022-03-16 16:19:40 61 CameraStreamer.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 294 Canbus.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 851 CommandLogger.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 14784 Controller.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 827 CsvLogger.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 1577 Data-Sync.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 527873 DataCollector.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 93 EnviModifier.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 278 GNSS.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 900 HyperspectralProcessor.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 2940 Imu.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 19027 LiveLineScan.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 111 LoggerWebInterface.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 247722 Novatel_Back.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 423208 Novatel_Front.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 7809576 PTRM.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 570 QualityMonitor.txt
2022-03-16 16:19:40 366 RgbCamera.txt

What I've tried:
❯ aws s3 rm s3://plotlogicdevelopers/JAMES/ --include "txt" --dryrun
(dryrun) delete: s3://plotlogicdevelopers/JAMES/

❯ aws s3 rm s3://plotlogicdevelopers/JAMES/ --exclude "*" --include "txt" --dryrun
(returns nothing)

How tf do I delete these files?

[tim-finnigan]

Hi @jtroeth1 I think you want to add the --recursive flag to your command and use "*.txt" like this:

aws s3 rm s3://plotlogicdevelopers/JAMES/ --exclude "*" --include "*.txt" --dryrun --recursive

Here is the rm documentation for reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/rm.html