The following command retrieves the lifecycle configuration for a bucket named ``my-bucket``:: aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration --bucket my-bucket Output:: { "Rules": [ { "ID": "Move rotated logs to Glacier", "Prefix": "rotated/", "Status": "Enabled", "Transitions": [ { "Date": "2015-11-10T00:00:00.000Z", "StorageClass": "GLACIER" } ] }, { "Status": "Enabled", "Prefix": "", "NoncurrentVersionTransitions": [ { "NoncurrentDays": 0, "StorageClass": "GLACIER" } ], "ID": "Move old versions to Glacier" } ] }