log file size is different when downloaded using console and cli

[YashCharpe]

I am trying to download log file of writer instance using aws cli. So for that I am using 'download-db-log-file-portion' command like this:

aws rds download-db-log-file-portion \
--db-instance-identifier instance_name \
--log-file-name error/postgresql.log.2023-09-26-0300.gz \
--starting-token 0 \
--output text >> directory_path

This rds instance has .gz extension log files. On console, I can see the log file size as 25mb but when I download it via the above command, the downloaded file size is of 223mb. Does anyone know what could be the reason behind this and how do I download the log file of 25mb?

Raised the same question here, but couldn't receive a any resolution.

[tim-finnigan]

I'm going to close this in favor of tracking the related issue: aws/aws-sdk#615. Also the link you provided isn't working for me, I'm not sure if that was deleted or if you meant to link to another page.

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