The command line usage for swift, the CLI tool is:
swift (command) [options] [args]
Here are the available commands for swift.
Displays information for the account, container, or object depending on the args given (if any).
Lists the containers for the account or the objects for a container. -p or -prefix is an option that will only list items beginning with that prefix. -d or -delimiter is option (for container listings only) that will roll up items with the given delimiter, or character that can act as a nested directory organizer.
Uploads to the given container the files and directories specified by the remaining args. -c or -changed is an option that will only upload files that have changed since the last upload.
Updates meta information for the account, container, or object depending on the args given. If the container is not found, it will be created automatically; but this is not true for accounts and objects. Containers also allow the -r (or -read-acl) and -w (or -write-acl) options. The -m or -meta option is allowed on all and used to define the user meta data items to set in the form Name:Value. This option can be repeated.
Example: post -m Color:Blue -m Size:Large
Downloads everything in the account (with —all), or everything in a container, or a list of objects depending on the args given. For a single object download, you may use the -o [—output] (filename) option to redirect the output to a specific file or if “-” then just redirect to stdout.
Deletes everything in the account (with —all), or everything in a container, or a list of objects depending on the args given.
Example: swift -A https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0 -U user -K key stat
-version show program’s version number and exit
-h, -help show this help message and exit
-s, -snet Use SERVICENET internal network
-v, -verbose Print more info
-q, -quiet Suppress status output
-A AUTH, -auth=AUTH URL for obtaining an auth token
-U USER, -user=USER User name for obtaining an auth token
-K KEY, -key=KEY Key for obtaining an auth token
