Expire all objects in an S3 bucket with a lifecycle rule using aws cli

expire-s3-bucket.sh

#!/bin/bash
# set an s3 bucket to expire after one day. Faster than waiting to delete all the files.
# check back after a day or so (depending on size of bucket) and delete the bucket from s3
if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
    echo "error: run_report expects at least 2 arguments; got $#."
    echo "Usage:"
    echo "    ./$(basename $0) region bucket"
    exit 1
fi

aws_region=$1
s3_bucket=$2

rm -f lifecycle-expire.json
cat << EOF > lifecycle-expire.json
{
"Rules": [{
    "ID": "cleanup",
    "Status": "Enabled",
    "Prefix": "",
    "Expiration": {
        "Days": 1
    }
}]
}
EOF

echo "Added lifecycle policy on S3 bucket $s3_bucket to expire objects after one day."
aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle --bucket $s3_bucket --region $aws_region --lifecycle-configuration file://lifecycle-expire.json