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A current project directory is in an Amazon S3 bucket and I want to download some of the directories to an EC2 instance excluding few directories.



I am able to download desired directories only when I am mentioning explicitly --exclude options on the aws command below.



archive.bash



aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive  --exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" --exclude "*dir3/*" --exclude "*dir4/*"

S3WebAssetsPath="Source s3 path"

{contentFolderPath="Destination Local folder"


But when I am programmatically forming a --exclude string and storing it in a variable. Then the aws cp command ignores excludes directory command and download all the files in the path. e.g:



excludeDir="--exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" "
aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive ${excludeDir}


Could you please rectify if anything I am doing wrong?










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  • Thanks for the edit @John Rotenstein

    – SamJ
    Nov 22 '18 at 15:01


















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A current project directory is in an Amazon S3 bucket and I want to download some of the directories to an EC2 instance excluding few directories.



I am able to download desired directories only when I am mentioning explicitly --exclude options on the aws command below.



archive.bash



aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive  --exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" --exclude "*dir3/*" --exclude "*dir4/*"

S3WebAssetsPath="Source s3 path"

{contentFolderPath="Destination Local folder"


But when I am programmatically forming a --exclude string and storing it in a variable. Then the aws cp command ignores excludes directory command and download all the files in the path. e.g:



excludeDir="--exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" "
aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive ${excludeDir}


Could you please rectify if anything I am doing wrong?










share|improve this question

























  • Thanks for the edit @John Rotenstein

    – SamJ
    Nov 22 '18 at 15:01
















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A current project directory is in an Amazon S3 bucket and I want to download some of the directories to an EC2 instance excluding few directories.



I am able to download desired directories only when I am mentioning explicitly --exclude options on the aws command below.



archive.bash



aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive  --exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" --exclude "*dir3/*" --exclude "*dir4/*"

S3WebAssetsPath="Source s3 path"

{contentFolderPath="Destination Local folder"


But when I am programmatically forming a --exclude string and storing it in a variable. Then the aws cp command ignores excludes directory command and download all the files in the path. e.g:



excludeDir="--exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" "
aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive ${excludeDir}


Could you please rectify if anything I am doing wrong?










share|improve this question
















A current project directory is in an Amazon S3 bucket and I want to download some of the directories to an EC2 instance excluding few directories.



I am able to download desired directories only when I am mentioning explicitly --exclude options on the aws command below.



archive.bash



aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive  --exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" --exclude "*dir3/*" --exclude "*dir4/*"

S3WebAssetsPath="Source s3 path"

{contentFolderPath="Destination Local folder"


But when I am programmatically forming a --exclude string and storing it in a variable. Then the aws cp command ignores excludes directory command and download all the files in the path. e.g:



excludeDir="--exclude "*dir1/*" --exclude "*dir2/*" "
aws --region=xxxxxxx s3 cp ${S3WebAssetsPath} ${contentFolderPath} --recursive ${excludeDir}


Could you please rectify if anything I am doing wrong?







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edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:13









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  • Thanks for the edit @John Rotenstein

    – SamJ
    Nov 22 '18 at 15:01





















  • Thanks for the edit @John Rotenstein

    – SamJ
    Nov 22 '18 at 15:01



















Thanks for the edit @John Rotenstein

– SamJ
Nov 22 '18 at 15:01







Thanks for the edit @John Rotenstein

– SamJ
Nov 22 '18 at 15:01














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