- NAME
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- gcloud storage buckets describe - describes Cloud Storage buckets
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud storage buckets describeURL[--additional-headers=HEADER=VALUE] [--raw] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Describe a Cloud Storage bucket.
- EXAMPLES
- Describe a Google Cloud Storage bucket named "my-bucket":
gcloud storage buckets describe gs://my-bucketDescribe bucket with JSON formatting, only returning the "name" key:
gcloud storage buckets describe gs://my-bucket --format = "json(name)" - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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URL - Specifies URL of bucket to describe.
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- FLAGS
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--additional-headers=HEADER=VALUE - Includes arbitrary headers in storage API calls. Accepts a comma separated list
of key=value pairs, e.g.
header1=value1,header2=value2. Overrides the defaultstorage/additional_headersproperty value for this command invocation. -
--raw - Shows metadata in the format returned by the API instead of standardizing it.
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- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This variant is also available:
gcloud alpha storage buckets describe
gcloud storage buckets describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

