Manage objects¶

• To upload an object to a container, run the following command:

  $ swift upload CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
  

  To upload in chunks, for large files, run the following command:

  $ swift upload -S CHUNK_SIZE CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
  

• To check the status of the object, run the following command:

  $ swift stat CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME
  

  Account: AUTH_7b5970fbe7724bf9b74c245e77c03bcg
  Container: storage1
  Object: images
  Content Type: application/octet-stream
  Content Length: 211616
  Last Modified: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:40:36 GMT
  ETag: 82169623d55158f70a0d720f238ec3ef
  Meta Orig-Filename: images.jpg
  Accept-Ranges: bytes
  X-Timestamp: 1392684036.33306
  

• To list the objects in a container, run the following command:

  $ swift list CONTAINER
  

• To download an object from a container, run the following command:

  $ swift download CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME