---
title: "Retrieve Object Metadata"
slug: "retrieve-object-metadata-s3cmd-tg"
updated: 2026-10-27T17:23:14Z
published: 2026-10-27T17:23:14Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/retrieve-object-metadata-s3cmd-tg"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Retrieve Object Metadata

```plaintext
  s3cmd [-c CONFIGFILE] info s3://BUCKET[/OBJECT]
```

| CONFIGFILE | Configuration file. Defaults to $HOME/.s3cfg |
| --- | --- |
| BUCKET | Bucket in which object is stored |
| OBJECT | Object for which to retrieve metadata |

## Example

Retrieve metadata of file *vast.s3cfg*.

```plaintext
$ s3cmd -c vast.s3cfg info s3://bucket1/vast.s3cfg
s3://bucket1/vast.s3cfg (object):
   File size: 176
   Last mod:  Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:40:27 GMT
   MIME type: text/plain
   Storage:   STANDARD
   MD5 sum:   9de54b7b7a89d9526b32305a331dea6a
   SSE:       none
   Policy:    none
   CORS:      none
   ACL:       vastuser: FULL_CONTROL
   x-amz-meta-s3cmd-attrs: atime:1561405102/ctime:1561405019/gid:1000/gname:vast                                               data/md5:9de54b7b7a89d9526b32305a331dea6a/mode:33204/mtime:1561405019/uid:1000/u                                               name:vastdata
```