The following command retrieves the lifecycle configuration for a bucket named ``my-bucket``:: aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle --bucket my-bucket Output:: { "Rules": [ { "ID": "Move to Glacier after sixty days (objects in logs/2015/)", "Prefix": "logs/2015/", "Status": "Enabled", "Transition": { "Days": 60, "StorageClass": "GLACIER" } }, { "Expiration": { "Date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" }, "ID": "Delete 2014 logs in 2016.", "Prefix": "logs/2014/", "Status": "Enabled" } ] }