Storage commands (gsutil) in GCP - Cheat Sheet & Quick Revision

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beginner

What is the basic command to list all buckets in your Google Cloud Storage using gsutil?

The command is gsutil ls. It lists all buckets in your current project.

beginner

How do you copy a file from your local machine to a Google Cloud Storage bucket using gsutil?

Use gsutil cp [LOCAL_FILE_PATH] gs://[BUCKET_NAME]/. This uploads the file to the bucket.

beginner

What gsutil command removes a file from a bucket?

The command is gsutil rm gs://[BUCKET_NAME]/[FILE_NAME]. It deletes the specified file from the bucket.

intermediate

How can you recursively copy all files from one bucket to another using gsutil?

Use gsutil -m cp -r gs://[SOURCE_BUCKET]/** gs://[DESTINATION_BUCKET]/. The -m flag runs multiple operations in parallel for speed.

intermediate

What does the gsutil rsync command do?

It synchronizes the contents between a local directory and a bucket or between two buckets, copying only changed files to save time and bandwidth.

Which gsutil command lists all files inside a specific bucket?

A gsutil sync gs://bucket-name/

B gsutil ls gs://bucket-name/

C gsutil rm gs://bucket-name/

D gsutil cp gs://bucket-name/

The gsutil ls gs://bucket-name/ command lists all files inside the specified bucket.

How do you upload a file named 'photo.jpg' to a bucket called 'myphotos'?

A gsutil rm photo.jpg gs://myphotos/

B gsutil ls photo.jpg gs://myphotos/

C gsutil mv photo.jpg gs://myphotos/

D gsutil cp photo.jpg gs://myphotos/

Use gsutil cp photo.jpg gs://myphotos/ to upload the file.

What flag allows gsutil to perform operations in parallel for faster copying?

A -m

B -r

C -p

D -f

The -m flag enables parallel (multi-threaded/multi-processing) operations.

Which command deletes a file named 'old.txt' from a bucket 'mybucket'?

A gsutil rm gs://mybucket/old.txt

B gsutil cp old.txt gs://mybucket/

C gsutil ls gs://mybucket/old.txt

D gsutil mv old.txt gs://mybucket/

The gsutil rm command deletes files from buckets.

What is the purpose of the gsutil rsync command?

A To list files in a bucket

B To copy a single file

C To synchronize directories or buckets

D To delete a bucket

gsutil rsync synchronizes contents between locations efficiently.

Explain how to upload multiple files from your local folder to a Google Cloud Storage bucket using gsutil.

Think about copying folders and speeding up uploads.

Describe the difference between gsutil cp and gsutil rsync commands.

One is for copying, the other for syncing.