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Important: gsutil is not the recommended CLI for Cloud Storage. Usegcloud storage commands in the Google Cloud CLI instead.
gsutil is a Python application that lets you access Cloud Storage from the command line. You can use gsutil to do a wide range of bucket and object management tasks, including:
gsutil performs all operations, including uploads and downloads, using HTTPS and transport-layer security (TLS).
Should you use gsutil?Generally, you should use gcloud storage commands instead of gsutil commands:
The gsutil tool is a legacy Cloud Storage CLI and minimally maintained.
The gsutil tool does not support working with newer Cloud Storage features, such as soft delete and managed folders.
gcloud storage commands require less manual optimization in order to achieve the fastest upload and download rates.
If you are a gsutil user wanting to migrate to the gcloud CLI, you should first check if you're using a standalone version of gsutil by running the following command:
gsutil version -l
If the result of the command includes using cloud sdk: False, then you are using a standalone version of gsutil. To migrate to the gcloud CLI, start by Installing the gcloud CLI.
If the result of the command includes using cloud sdk: True, then you already have the gcloud CLI installed.
Once the gcloud CLI is installed, you can use gcloud storage commands just like you use gsutil commands. The following resources can help you get started:
Explore gcloud storage commands by following the quickstart Discover object storage with the gcloud tool.
Read the gcloud storage reference.
Review the Shim for running gcloud storage, which documents functionality that's not available in gcloud storage commands.
gsutil uses the prefix gs:// to indicate a resource in Cloud Storage:
gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME
In addition to specifying exact resources, gsutil supports the use of wildcards in your commands.
Built-in helpgsutil contains thorough built-in help about every command as well as a number of topics, which you can list and read with the gsutil help command.
To get information about a specific command or topic, use gsutil help followed by the intended command or topic name. For example, gsutil help cp and gsutil help options are a command help page and a topic help page, respectively.
To get information about your gsutil installation, use the gsutil version command:
gsutil version -lUsage statistics
During the installation process, you can opt-in to tracking usage statistics which helps improve the gsutil tool. If you subsequently decide that you want to disable these usage statistics, see Usage statistics.
About gsutilgsutil is an open-source project. To download the developer version of gsutil or volunteer to help develop gsutil, visit the gsutil project on GitHub.
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Last updated 2025-04-23 UTC.
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