🧾 Google Cloud Storage CLI Cheatsheet (gsutil)

✅ Setup

gcloud auth login                        # Authenticate
gcloud config set project [PROJECT_ID]  # Set default project

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📂 Folder Management (pseudo-directories)

Task	Command
Create folder	gsutil cp /dev/null gs://bucket/folder/
Upload to folder	gsutil cp file.txt gs://bucket/folder/
Delete folder (recursively)	gsutil -m rm -r gs://bucket/folder/

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📤 Upload

Task	Command
Upload single file	gsutil cp file.txt gs://bucket/path/
Upload multiple files	gsutil -m cp *.txt gs://bucket/path/
Upload folder	gsutil -m cp -r folder/ gs://bucket/

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📥 Download

Task	Command
Download file	gsutil cp gs://bucket/file.txt .
Download folder	gsutil -m cp -r gs://bucket/folder/ .

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📋 List

Task	Command
List buckets	gsutil ls
List files in bucket	gsutil ls gs://bucket/
List files recursively	gsutil ls -r gs://bucket/folder/

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🗑️ Delete

Task	Command
Delete file	gsutil rm gs://bucket/file.txt
Delete folder	gsutil -m rm -r gs://bucket/folder/

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🔄 Move/Rename

Task	Command
Move file	gsutil mv gs://bucket/old.txt gs://bucket/new.txt
Move folder	gsutil -m mv gs://bucket/old-folder/ gs://bucket/new-folder/

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🔐 Permissions (ACL)

Task	Command
Make file public	gsutil acl ch -u AllUsers:R gs://bucket/file.txt
View ACL	gsutil acl get gs://bucket/file.txt

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📦 Lifecycle Management

Task	Command
Set lifecycle policy	gsutil lifecycle set lifecycle.json gs://bucket
Example (delete after 30 days)	see below ↓

{
  "rule": [
    {
      "action": {"type": "Delete"},
      "condition": {"age": 30}
    }
  ]
}