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/usr/bin/mc

Simple Fast tool to manage MinIO clusters

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NAME:
  mc - MinIO Client for object storage and filesystems.

USAGE:
  mc [FLAGS] COMMAND [COMMAND FLAGS | -h] [ARGUMENTS...]

COMMANDS:
  alias      manage server credentials in configuration file
  admin      manage MinIO servers
  anonymous  manage anonymous access to buckets and objects
  batch      manage batch jobs
  cp         copy objects
  cat        display object contents
  cors       manage bucket CORS configuration
  diff       list differences in object name, size, and date between two buckets
  du         summarize disk usage recursively
  encrypt    manage bucket encryption config
  event      manage object notifications
  find       search for objects
  get        get s3 object to local
  head       display first 'n' lines of an object
  ilm        manage bucket lifecycle
  idp        manage MinIO IDentity Provider server configuration
  license    license related commands
  legalhold  manage legal hold for object(s)
  ls         list buckets and objects
  mb         make a bucket
  mv         move objects
  mirror     synchronize object(s) to a remote site
  od         measure single stream upload and download
  ping       perform liveness check
  pipe       stream STDIN to an object
  put        upload an object to a bucket
  quota      manage bucket quota
  rm         remove object(s)
  retention  set retention for object(s)
  rb         remove a bucket
  replicate  configure server side bucket replication
  ready      checks if the cluster is ready or not
  sql        run sql queries on objects
  stat       show object metadata
  support    support related commands
  share      generate URL for temporary access to an object
  tree       list buckets and objects in a tree format
  tag        manage tags for bucket and object(s)
  undo       undo PUT/DELETE operations
  update     update mc to latest release
  version    manage bucket versioning
  watch      listen for object notification events

GLOBAL FLAGS:
  --autocompletion                 install auto-completion for your shell
  --config-dir value, -C value     path to configuration folder (default: "/tmp/.mc") [$MC_CONFIG_DIR]
  --quiet, -q                      disable progress bar display [$MC_QUIET]
  --disable-pager, --dp            disable mc internal pager and print to raw stdout [$MC_DISABLE_PAGER]
  --no-color                       disable color theme [$MC_NO_COLOR]
  --json                           enable JSON lines formatted output [$MC_JSON]
  --debug                          enable debug output [$MC_DEBUG]
  --resolve value                  resolves HOST[:PORT] to an IP address. Example: minio.local:9000=10.10.75.1 [$MC_RESOLVE]
  --insecure                       disable SSL certificate verification [$MC_INSECURE]
  --limit-upload value             limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s. (default: unlimited) [$MC_LIMIT_UPLOAD]
  --limit-download value           limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s. (default: unlimited) [$MC_LIMIT_DOWNLOAD]
  --custom-header value, -H value  add custom HTTP header to the request. 'key:value' format.
  --help, -h                       show help
  --version, -v                    print the version

TIP:
  Use 'mc --autocompletion' to enable shell autocompletion

COPYRIGHT:
  Copyright (c) 2015-2025 MinIO, Inc.

LICENSE:
  GNU AGPLv3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html>
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
--autocompletioninstall auto-completion for your shellhelp
--config-dir, -C valuepath to configuration folder (default: "/tmp/.mc") [$MC_CONFIG_DIR]help
--quiet, -qdisable progress bar display [$MC_QUIET]help
--disable-pager, --dpdisable mc internal pager and print to raw stdout [$MC_DISABLE_PAGER]help
--no-colordisable color theme [$MC_NO_COLOR]help
--jsonenable JSON lines formatted output [$MC_JSON]help
--debugenable debug output [$MC_DEBUG]help
--resolve valueresolves HOST[:PORT] to an IP address.help
--insecuredisable SSL certificate verification [$MC_INSECURE]help
--limit-upload valuelimits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s.help
--limit-download valuelimits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s.help
--custom-header, -H valueadd custom HTTP header to the request.help
--help, -hshow helphelp
--version, -vprint the versionhelp

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