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INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
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Once in interactive mode, sftp understands a set of commands similar to
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those of ftp(1). Commands are case insensitive and pathnames may be en-
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closed in quotes if they contain spaces.
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cd path Change remote directory to path.
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those of ftp(1). Commands are case insensitive. Pathnames that contain
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spaces must be enclosed in quotes. Any special characters contained
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within pathnames that are recognized by glob(3) must be escaped with
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Change remote directory to path.
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Change group of file path to grp. grp must be a numeric GID.
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Change group of file path to grp. path may contain glob(3) char-
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acters and may match multiple files. grp must be a numeric GID.
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Change permissions of file path to mode.
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Change permissions of file path to mode. path may contain
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glob(3) characters and may match multiple files.
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Change owner of file path to own. own must be a numeric UID.
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get [flags] remote-path [local-path]
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Retrieve the remote-path and store it on the local machine.
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If the local path name is not specified, it is given the same
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name it has on the remote machine. If the -P flag is speci-
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fied, then the file's full permission and access time are
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help Display help text.
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lcd path Change local directory to path.
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Change owner of file path to own. path may contain glob(3) char-
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acters and may match multiple files. own must be a numeric UID.
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get [-P] remote-path [local-path]
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Retrieve the remote-path and store it on the local machine. If
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the local path name is not specified, it is given the same name
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it has on the remote machine. remote-path may contain glob(3)
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characters and may match multiple files. If it does and local-
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path is specified, then local-path must specify a directory. If
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the -P flag is specified, then full file permissions and access
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times are copied too.
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help Display help text.
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Change local directory to path.
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lls [ls-options [path]]
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Display local directory listing of either path or current di-
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rectory if path is not specified.
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Display local directory listing of either path or current direc-
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tory if path is not specified. ls-options may contain any flags
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supported by the local system's ls(1) command. path may contain
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glob(3) characters and may match multiple files.
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Create local directory specified by path.
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Create local directory specified by path.
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ln oldpath newpath
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Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
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lpwd Print local working directory.
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Display remote directory listing of either path or current
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directory if path is not specified. If the -l flag is speci-
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fied, then display additional details including permissions
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and ownership information. The -n flag will produce a long
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listing with user and group information presented numerical-
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By default, ls listings are sorted in lexicographical order.
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This may be changed by specifying the -S (sort by file size),
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-t (sort by last modification time), or -f (don't sort at
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all) flags. Additionally, the sort order may be reversed us-
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Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
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lpwd Print local working directory.
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ls [-1aflnrSt] [path]
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Display a remote directory listing of either path or the current
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directory if path is not specified. path may contain glob(3)
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characters and may match multiple files.
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The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of ls
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-1 Produce single columnar output.
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-a List files beginning with a dot (`.').
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-f Do not sort the listing. The default sort order is lexi-
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-l Display additional details including permissions and own-
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-n Produce a long listing with user and group information
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presented numerically.
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-r Reverse the sort order of the listing.
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-S Sort the listing by file size.
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-t Sort the listing by last modification time.
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Set local umask to umask.
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mkdir path Create remote directory specified by path.
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progress Toggle display of progress meter.
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put [flags] local-path [remote-path]
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Upload local-path and store it on the remote machine. If the
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remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name
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it has on the local machine. If the -P flag is specified,
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then the file's full permission and access time are copied
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pwd Display remote working directory.
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Set local umask to umask.
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Create remote directory specified by path.
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Toggle display of progress meter.
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put [-P] local-path [remote-path]
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Upload local-path and store it on the remote machine. If the re-
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mote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
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on the local machine. local-path may contain glob(3) characters
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and may match multiple files. If it does and remote-path is
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specified, then remote-path must specify a directory. If the -P
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flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access
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pwd Display remote working directory.
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rename oldpath newpath
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Rename remote file from oldpath to newpath.
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rm path Delete remote file specified by path.
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rmdir path Remove remote directory specified by path.
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Rename remote file from oldpath to newpath.
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Delete remote file specified by path.
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Remove remote directory specified by path.
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symlink oldpath newpath
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Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
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version Display the sftp protocol version.
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! command Execute command in local shell.
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! Escape to local shell.
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Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
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Display the sftp protocol version.
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Execute command in local shell.
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! Escape to local shell.
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ftp(1), scp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5),
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sftp-server(8), sshd(8)
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ftp(1), ls(1), scp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), glob(3),
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ssh_config(5), sftp-server(8), sshd(8)
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T. Ylonen and S. Lehtinen, SSH File Transfer Protocol, draft-ietf-secsh-
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filexfer-00.txt, January 2001, work in progress material.
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