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--- tools:sftp [2025/09/23 22:28] – [Uploading Files] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 ===== 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 ====
-For Linux, BSD & MacOS users, your local [[tools:bash|shell]] is by far the quickest way to transfer files using SFTP:
-=== 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:
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-=== Navigation ===
+==== 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 ===
+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 ===
+{{wst>expand}}
-=== Advanced Wizardry ===
+==== 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.
-==== 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.

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