How to sftp via command line

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How to sftp via command line

To connect to a sftp server via command line, do

$ sftp sysftuser@sftp_server_ip sysftuser@sftp_server_ip's password:

put the password

Connected to sysftuser@sftp_server_ip. sftp>

type "dir" to show the list of available files/folders

sftp> dir README.txt

Download the file with "get name_of_file"

sftp> get README.txt Fetching README.txt to README.txt README.txt 100% 487 7.5KB/s 00:00 sftp>

the file will be downloaded in the folder the sftp connection has been launched from.