The following command retrieves the lifecycle configuration for a bucket named ``my-bucket``::

  aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration --bucket my-bucket

Output::

  {
      "Rules": [
          {
              "ID": "Move rotated logs to Glacier",
              "Prefix": "rotated/",
              "Status": "Enabled",
              "Transitions": [
                  {
                      "Date": "2015-11-10T00:00:00.000Z",
                      "StorageClass": "GLACIER"
                  }
              ]
          },
          {
              "Status": "Enabled",
              "Prefix": "",
              "NoncurrentVersionTransitions": [
                  {
                      "NoncurrentDays": 0,
                      "StorageClass": "GLACIER"
                  }
              ],
              "ID": "Move old versions to Glacier"
          }
      ]
  }