sftp

DESCRIPTION
sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, which performs all operations over an encrypted secsh transport. It may also use many features of secsh, such as public key authentication and compression. sftp connects and logs into the specified host, then enters an interactive command mode.

The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive authentication is used; otherwise, it will do so after successful interactive authentication.

The last usage format allows the sftp client to start in a remote directory.

Options

-1
Specifies the use of protocol version 1.

-b batchfile
Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input batchfile instead of stdin. Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with non-interactive authentication. sftp will abort if any of the following commands fail: get, put, rename, ln, rm, and lmkdir.

-C
Enables compression (via secsh's -C flag)

-F ssh_config
Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for secsh. This option is directly passed to secsh.

-o ssh_option
Any valid -o option to secsh can be specified, and it is directly passed through when secsh is invoked. This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate sftp command-line flag. For example, to specify an alternate port:

sftp -oPort=24

-s subsystem|sftp_server
Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server on the remote host. A path is useful for using sftp over protocol version 1, or when the remote secshd does not have an sftp subsystem configured.

-S program
Specifies the name of the program to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand secsh options.

-v
Raises logging level. This option is also passed to secsh.


Interactive Commands
Once in interactive mode, sftp understands a set of commands similar to those of ftp. Commands are case insensitive and path names may be enclosed in quotes if they contain spaces.


bye
Quits sftp

cd path
Changes remote directory to path.

lcd path
Changes local directory to path.

chgrp grp path
Changes group of file path to grp. grp must be a numeric GID.

chmod mode path
Changes permission of file path to mode.

chown own path
Changes owner of file path to own. own must be a numeric UID.

exit
Quits sftp.

get [flags] remote-path [loacl-path]
Retrieves the remote-path and stores it on the local machine. If the local path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote machine. If the -P flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are copied too.

help
Displays help text.

lls [ls-options] [path]]
Displays local directory listing of either path or current directory if path is not specified.

lmkdir path
Creates local directory specified by path.

ln oldpath newpath
Creates a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.

lpwd
Displays local working directory.

ls [flags] [path]
Displays remote directory listing of either path or current directory if path is not specified.

If the -l is specified, this command displays additional details including permissions and ownership information.

lumask umask
Sets local umask to umask.

mkdir path
Creates remote directory specified by path.

put [flags] local-path [local-path]
Uploads local-path and stores it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine. If the -P flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are copied too.

pwd
Displays remote working directory.

quit
Quits sftp.

rename oldpath newpath
Renames remote file from oldpath to newpath.

rmdir path
Removes remote directory specified by path.

rm path
Deletes remote file specified by path.

symlink oldpath newpath
Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.

! command
Executes command in local shell.

!
Escapes to local shell.

?
Synonym for help.