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`gsutil equivalent` missing in GCP User Interface

I am doing a tutorial on Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer 2020, which used to be on Udemy and now is on Cloud Guru. I am watching a video on GCS: Google Cloud Storage.

At one point tutor, while using GCP User Interface, is renaming a file. In the window Rename Object, a great feature shows gsutil equivalent. enter image description here

This gsutil equivalent is not showing on my GCP User Interface. Is there any option to turn this on, or is this a feature that no longer exists?

I have tried to look at different options in User Interface, but I cannot find the option I am looking for. I have tried to Google this, but most things that come up are more related to gsutil itself rather than User Interface.

Solution

  • Related to your question if you have to activate something to be able to get this feature, the answer is that you don’t have to activate anything as there is no way to activate it because this is a feature from the GCP UI interface that has been changed since the video that you used as a reference was released.

    If you want to get the same gsutil command you would be able if you click on move option instead of using rename. This will open another window where you would find the same gsutil command as you found in the image that you shared.

    enter image description here

    The reason why the same command is present in the move option as it was in the rename is because in the end a rename the same as a move, which is in fact a 2-step process: a copy and a delete, as can be seen in the steps to rename using the REST API as described in the docs.

    In the case that you want this feature to be again available on the GCP UI you can always open a Feature Request in the Issue Tracker asking for it.