sftp¶
sftp is a tool to transfer data.
1. Getting Help¶
Once, you in the sftp prompt, check the available commands by
typing ? or help at command prompt.
This will print out a list of the available commands and
give a short description of them. We'll cover the most common ones in this guide.
2. Check Present Working Directory¶
The command lpwd is used to check the Local present working directory,
whereas pwd command is used to check Remote working directory.
sftp> lpwd
Local working directory: /
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /tecmint/
lpwd – print the current directory on your system
pwd – print the current directory on the ftp server
3. Listing Files¶
Listing files and directories in local as well as remote system.
On Remote
On Local
4. Upload File¶
Put single or multiple files in remote system.
Uploading local.profile to /tecmint/local.profile
5. Upload Multiple Files¶
Putting multiple files on remote system.
Another alternative to uploading many files is to tar and/or compress the files to a single file before uploading. The file transfer will stop in between every file, so the more file you have to upload the more stops it will make. This can have a dramatic impact on transfer speed if there are 1000s of files that you want to transfer. Running tar and/or zip on the files before transferring them will package all the files into a single file, so there will be no stops at all during the transfer.
6. Download Files¶
Getting single or multiple files in local system.
Fetching /tecmint/SettlementReport_1-10th.xls to SettlementReport_1-10th.xls Get multiple files on a local system.
Note: As we can see by default the get command downloads the file to the local system with the same name. We can download remote file and store it with a different name by specifying the name at the end. (This applies only while downloading single file).
7. Switching Directories¶
Switching from one directory to another directory in local and remote locations.
On Remote
On Local
8. Create Directories¶
Creating new directories on remote and local locations.
9. Remove Directory or File¶
Remove directory or file in remote system.
Note: To remove/delete any directory from remote location, the directory must be empty.
10. Exit sFTP Shell¶
The ! (exclamation mark) command drops us in local shell from where we can execute Linux commands. Type exit command where we can see sftp> prompt return.