SFTP

SSH File Transfer Protocol (also known as Secure File Transfer Protocol or SFTP) is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management over any reliable data stream. -- wiki

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Usage

Connection

Connect to remote device by HostName/IP with UserName (ex. <host_name>@)

sftp 192.1.1.1@richardyim # sftp <host_name>@<username>

The prompt will change to sftp>. The following are the available commands.

Commands:

Target	Command	Description
remote	`ls`	List files in remote device path
local	`lls`	List files in local device path
remote	`cd`	Change directory in remote device path
local	`lcd`	Change directory in local device path
local -> remote	`put <local_file>`	Send file from local to remote device
local <- remote	`get <remote_file>`	Receive file from remote device to local device
local	`exit`	Exit from remote device

Guide

Local Device:

|_ Documents
  |_ A.txt
  |_ B_directroy
    |_ B_1.txt
    |_ B_2.txt
  |_ C.txt
|_ Downloads

Remote Device:

|_ R_Documents
  |_ R.txt
  |_ R_B_directroy
    |_ R_B_1.txt
    |_ R_B_2.txt
  |_ R_C.txt

We execute sftp from local device to connect to remote device in path home directory (*: indicates the current path).

*  -----[ sftp <host_name>@<username> ]  -----> *
*_ Documents                                    *_ R_Documents
* |_ A.txt                                         |_ R.txt
* |_ B_directroy                                   |_ R_B_directroy
* | |_ B_1.txt                                     |  |_ R_B_1.txt
* | |_ B_2.txt                                     |  |_ R_B_2.txt
* |_ C.txt                                         |_ R_C.txt
*_ Downloads

We execute ls to list files in remote device path.
```
sftp> ls
```
We will see the following output.
```
R_Documents
```
We execute cd to change directory in remote device path
```
sftp> cd R_Documents
sftp> ls
```
We will see the following output. Which is contents inside the R_Documents directory.
```
R.txt R_B_directroy  R_C.txt
```

We execute get to receive file from remote device to local device.

sftp> get R.txt

We will see the following output. The R.txt file is copied to local device.

  <-----[ get R.txt ]  -----
*_ Documents                 |_ R_Documents
* |_ A.txt                    |  *_ R.txt
* |_ B_directroy              |  *_ R_B_directroy
* | |_ B_1.txt                |  *  |_ R_B_1.txt
* | |_ B_2.txt                |  *  |_ R_B_2.txt
* |_ C.txt                    |  *_ R_C.txt
*_ Downloads
*_ R.txt (copied)

We execute lls to list files in local device path.
```
sftp> lls
```
We will see the following output.
```
Documents Downloads R.txt
```

We excute lcd to change directory in local device path.

sftp> lcd Documents
sftp> lls

We will see the following output. Which is contents inside the Documents directory.

A.txt B_directroy C.txt

Status of the files in local device.

|_ Documents            |_ R_Documents
| *_ A.txt                |  *_ R.txt
| *_ B_directroy          |  *_ R_B_directroy
| * |_ B_1.txt            |  *  |_ R_B_1.txt
| * |_ B_2.txt            |  *  |_ R_B_2.txt
| *_ C.txt                |  *_ R_C.txt
|_ Downloads
|_ R.txt (copied)

We execute put to send file from local device to remote device.

sftp> put C.txt

We will see the following output. The C.txt file is copied to remote device.

   -----[ put C.txt ]  ----->
|_ Documents                  |_ R_Documents
| *_ A.txt                    |  *_ R.txt
| *_ B_directroy              |  *_ R_B_directroy
| * |_ B_1.txt                |  *  |_ R_B_1.txt
| * |_ B_2.txt                |  *  |_ R_B_2.txt
| *_ C.txt                    |  *_ R_C.txt
|_ Downloads                  |  *_ C.txt (cpoied)
|_ R.txt

We execute ls to list files in remote device path.
```
sftp> ls
```
We will see the following output. Which is C.txt inside the R_Documents directory.
```
R.txt R_B_directroy  R_C.txt C.txt
```
Execute exit to exit from remote device.
```
sftp> exit
```

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