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You can use command line SFTP from your Unix account, or from your Mac OS X or Unix workstation. To start an SFTP session, at the command prompt, enter:
sftp username@host
For example, to connect to your dvader account on the host sithlord.org, you would enter:
sftp dvader@sithlord.org
Enter your password when prompted.
Some standard commands for command line SFTP include:
cd |
Change the directory on the remote computer |
chmod |
Change the permissions of files on the remote computer |
chown |
Change the owner of files on the remote computer |
dir (or ls) |
List the files in the current directory on the remote computer |
exit (or quit) |
Close the connection to the remote computer and exit SFTP |
get |
Copy a file from the remote computer to the local computer |
help (or ?) |
Get help on the use of SFTP commands |
lcd |
Change the directory on the local computer |
lls |
See a list of the files in the current directory on the local computer |
lmkdir |
Create a directory on the local computer |
ln (or symlink) |
Create a symbolic link for a file on the remote computer |
lpwd |
Show the current directory (present working directory) on the local computer |
lumask |
Change the local umask value |
mkdir |
Create a directory on the remote computer |
put |
Copy a file from the local computer to the remote computer |
pwd |
Show the current directory (present working directory) on the remote computer |
rename |
Rename a file on the remote host |
rm |
Delete files from the remote computer |
rmdir |
Remove a directory on the remote host (the directory usually has to be empty) |
version |
Display the SFTP version |
! |
In Unix, exit to the shell prompt, where you can enter commands. Enter exit to get back to SFTP. If you follow ! with a command (e.g., !pwd), SFTP will execute the command without dropping you to the Unix prompt. |
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