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TL;DR

sftp

Secure File Transfer Program. Interactive program to copy files between hosts over SSH. For non-interactive file transfers, see scp or rsync. More information: https://manned.org/sftp.

  • Connect to a remote server and enter an interactive command mode:

sftp remote_user@remote_host

  • Connect using an alternate port:

sftp -P remote_port remote_user@remote_host

  • Connect using a predefined host (in ~/.ssh/config):

sftp host

  • Transfer remote file to the local system:

get /path/remote_file

  • Transfer local file to the remote system:

put /path/local_file

  • Transfer remote directory to the local system recursively (works with put too):

get -R /path/remote_directory

  • Get list of files on local machine:

lls

  • Get list of files on remote machine:

ls

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