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Manage objects
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-  To upload an object to a container, run the following command:

   .. code::

        $ swift upload CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME

   To upload in chunks, for large files, run the following command:

   .. code::

        $ swift upload -S CHUNK_SIZE CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME

-  To check the status of the object, run the following command:

   .. code::

        $ swift stat CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME

   .. code::

        Account: AUTH_7b5970fbe7724bf9b74c245e77c03bcg
        Container: storage1
        Object: images
        Content Type: application/octet-stream
        Content Length: 211616
        Last Modified: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:40:36 GMT
        ETag: 82169623d55158f70a0d720f238ec3ef
        Meta Orig-Filename: images.jpg
        Accept-Ranges: bytes
        X-Timestamp: 1392684036.33306

-  To list the objects in a container, run the following command:

   .. code::

        $ swift list CONTAINER

-  To download an object from a container, run the following command:

   .. code::

        $ swift download CONTAINER OBJECT_FILENAME