---
name: "minio-client"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "minio-client"
version: "0.0~20250403-3+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/minio-client"
---

# minio-client(1)

Unix like utilities for object store

## NAME

minio-client - Unix like utilities for object store

## DESCRIPTION

### NAME:

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  minio-client - MinIO Client for object storage and filesystems.

### USAGE:

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  minio-client \[FLAGS\] 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: "~/.minio-client") \[$MC\_CONFIG\_DIR\]

- **--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:

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  Use 'minio-client **--autocompletion**' to enable shell autocompletion

### COPYRIGHT:

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  Copyright (c) 2015-0000 MinIO, Inc.

### LICENSE:

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  GNU AGPLv3 \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html\>