SFTP(1) General Commands Manual SFTP(1)

sftp —
Secure file tranfer program

sftp [-v | -C] [-o ssh_option] [hostname | user@hostname]

sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp(1), which performs all operations over an encrypted ssh(1) transport. It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and compression. sftp connects and logs into the specified hostname then enters an interactive command mode.

The options are as follows:

Enables compression (via ssh's -C flag)
Raise logging level. This option is also passed to ssh.
ssh_option
Specify an option to be directly passed to ssh(1).

Once in interactive mode sftp, understands a set of commands similar to those of ftp(1). Commands are case insensitive.
path
Change remote directory to path
path
Change local directory to path
grp path
Change group of file path to grp. grp must be numeric.
mode path
Change permissions of file path to mode
own path
Change owner of file path to own. own must be a numeric UID.
Display help text
remote-file [local-file]
Retrieve the remote-file and store it on the local machine. If the local file name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote machine.
[ls-options [path]]
Display local directory listing of either path or current directory if path was not specified.
path
Create local directory specified by path
Print local working directory
[path]
Display remote directory listing of either path or current directory, is path not specified.
umask
Set local umask to umask
path
Create remote directory specified by path
[remote-file]
Upload local-file and store it on the remote machine. If the local file name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine.
Display remote working directory
Quit sftp
Quit sftp
oldpath newpath
Rename remote file from oldpath to newpath
path
Remove remote directory specified by path
path
Delete remote file specified by path
! command
Execute command in local shell
!
Escape to local shell

Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>

ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8)
Febuary 4, 2001 BSD