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tools:sftp [2025/09/22 01:33] – [Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)] Humphrey Boa-Garttools:sftp [2025/09/30 22:44] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Using SFTP ===== ===== Using SFTP =====
  
-SFTP is a widely-supported protocol, so you can use it in a variety of applications. Here are the most important ones:+SFTP is a widely-supported protocol, so you can use it in a variety of applications. For Linux, BSD & MacOS users, your local [[tools:bash|shell]] is by far the quickest way to transfer files using SFTP:
  
  
-==== Command Line ==== +==== Connecting ====
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-For Linux, BSD & MacOS users, your local [[tools:bash|shell]] is by far the quickest way to transfer files using SFTP: +
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- +
-=== Connecting ===+
  
 Connecting to an SFTP server works exactly the same as connecting to an [[tools:ssh#linux-bsd-macos|SSH]] server - you just use the ''sftp'' instead of the ''ssh'' command, and when prompted give your password: Connecting to an SFTP server works exactly the same as connecting to an [[tools:ssh#linux-bsd-macos|SSH]] server - you just use the ''sftp'' instead of the ''ssh'' command, and when prompted give your password:
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 Since SFTP is part of SSH, that means the preset aliases in your ''.ssh/config'' file will all work with the ''sftp'' command. If you have not created one of these files, you will want to, as it enables automatically passing public/private key pairs for convenient password-less authentication. Read [[tools:ssh#configuration|SSH Configuration]] for more information on how to do this. Since SFTP is part of SSH, that means the preset aliases in your ''.ssh/config'' file will all work with the ''sftp'' command. If you have not created one of these files, you will want to, as it enables automatically passing public/private key pairs for convenient password-less authentication. Read [[tools:ssh#configuration|SSH Configuration]] for more information on how to do this.
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 +
 +==== Navigation ====
 +
 +Traversing an SFTP system works much the same way as it does in [[tools:bash|bash]] - in fact it uses simplified versions of many of the same commands, albeit in a reduced form.
 +
 +=== Finding Your Location ===
 +
 +Use ''pwd'' to show your current location //(the 'present working directory')// on the remote server:
 +
 +  sftp> pwd
 +
 +=== Showing Directory Contents ===
 +
 +Use the ''ls'' command to show the contents of the pwd. Use ''ls -la'' to show a more detailed listing with metadata:
 +
 +  sftp> ls
 +  sftp> ls -la
 +
 +=== Moving Around ===
 +
 +Use the ''cd'' command to change the pwd:
 +
 +  sftp> cd path/to/directory/
 +
 +==== File Transfer ====
 +
 +=== Check Local Path ===
 +
 +Before downloading anything, check the download path //(or the 'local pwd')// with the ''lpwd'' command, so you know where your files are going:
 +
 +  sftp> lpwd
 +
 +If you are not happy with this path, use the ''lcd'' command //(like ''cd'' above)// to change it. Likewise, use ''lls'' to list the contents of your local pwd.
 +
 +  sftp> lcd new/path/
 +  sftp> lls -la
  
  
 === Downloading Files === === Downloading Files ===
  
 +Once you know where your downloads are going, you can grab files with the ''get'' command:
  
 +  sftp> get filename
 +
 +To download whole directories, use the ''-r'' flag:
 +
 +  sftp> get -r name/of/directory/
  
  
 === Uploading Files === === Uploading Files ===
  
 +{{wst>expand}}
 +
 +
 +==== Advanced Wizardry ====
  
 +{{wst>expand}}
  
-=== SFTP in PowerShell ===+===== SFTP in PowerShell =====
  
 For unfortunate Windows users with [[tools:powershell|PowerShell]], you do not have SFTP support built-in. You will have to set up [[https://www.nakivo.com/blog/how-to-build-powershell-tools-to-setup-sftp/|Posh-SSH]] to use SFTP from your shell with your local filesystem. For unfortunate Windows users with [[tools:powershell|PowerShell]], you do not have SFTP support built-in. You will have to set up [[https://www.nakivo.com/blog/how-to-build-powershell-tools-to-setup-sftp/|Posh-SSH]] to use SFTP from your shell with your local filesystem.
  
  
-==== Graphical Applications ====+===== Graphical Applications =====
  
 If command line is too daunting for you, you can always install programs like [[https://filezilla-project.org/|Filezilla]] or [[https://winscp.net/|WinSCP]] to visually browse the SFTP server. Many other programs support SFTP connections as well. If command line is too daunting for you, you can always install programs like [[https://filezilla-project.org/|Filezilla]] or [[https://winscp.net/|WinSCP]] to visually browse the SFTP server. Many other programs support SFTP connections as well.
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