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25.Dd February 4, 2001
26.Dt SFTP 1
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 30.Nd secure file transfer program
3c0ef626 31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm sftp
6a9b3198 33.Bk -words
cdd66111 34.Op Fl 1Cv
9cb1827b 35.Op Fl B Ar buffer_size
cdd66111 36.Op Fl b Ar batchfile
9cb1827b 37.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config
cdd66111 38.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option
39.Op Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
e9a17296 40.Op Fl R Ar num_requests
3c0ef626 41.Op Fl S Ar program
cdd66111 42.Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
3c0ef626 43.Ar host
6a9b3198 44.Ek
3c0ef626 45.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 46.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
6a9b3198 47.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar file Oo
48.Ar file Oc Oc Oc
3c0ef626 49.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 50.Oo Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns
6a9b3198 51.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns
52.Oo Ar / Oc Oc Oc
0fff78ff 53.Nm sftp
54.Fl b Ar batchfile
55.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host
3c0ef626 56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57.Nm
58is an interactive file transfer program, similar to
59.Xr ftp 1 ,
60which performs all operations over an encrypted
61.Xr ssh 1
62transport.
63It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and
64compression.
65.Nm
66connects and logs into the specified
67.Ar host ,
68then enters an interactive command mode.
69.Pp
70The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive
71authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after
72successful interactive authentication.
73.Pp
996d5e62 74The third usage format allows
75.Nm
76to start in a remote directory.
3c0ef626 77.Pp
0fff78ff 78The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
79.Fl b
80option.
2c06c99b 81In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive authentication
0fff78ff 82to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see
83.Xr sshd 8
84and
85.Xr ssh-keygen 1
86for details).
3c0ef626 87The options are as follows:
88.Bl -tag -width Ds
cdd66111 89.It Fl 1
90Specify the use of protocol version 1.
91.It Fl B Ar buffer_size
92Specify the size of the buffer that
93.Nm
94uses when transferring files.
95Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher
96memory consumption.
97The default is 32768 bytes.
3c0ef626 98.It Fl b Ar batchfile
99Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input
100.Ar batchfile
101instead of
102.Em stdin .
103Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with
104non-interactive authentication.
cdd66111 105A
106.Ar batchfile
107of
108.Sq \-
109may be used to indicate standard input.
3c0ef626 110.Nm
111will abort if any of the following
112commands fail:
e9a17296 113.Ic get , put , rename , ln ,
6a9b3198 114.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls ,
115.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , chgrp , lpwd
3c0ef626 116and
117.Ic lmkdir .
6a9b3198 118Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by
119prefixing the command with a
cdd66111 120.Sq \-
0fff78ff 121character (for example,
122.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) .
cdd66111 123.It Fl C
124Enables compression (via ssh's
125.Fl C
126flag).
127.It Fl F Ar ssh_config
128Specifies an alternative
129per-user configuration file for
130.Xr ssh 1 .
131This option is directly passed to
132.Xr ssh 1 .
3c0ef626 133.It Fl o Ar ssh_option
134Can be used to pass options to
135.Nm ssh
f5799ae1 136in the format used in
137.Xr ssh_config 5 .
138This is useful for specifying options
3c0ef626 139for which there is no separate
140.Nm sftp
0fff78ff 141command-line flag.
142For example, to specify an alternate port use:
3c0ef626 143.Ic sftp -oPort=24 .
cdd66111 144For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
145.Xr ssh_config 5 .
146.Pp
147.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
148.It AddressFamily
149.It BatchMode
150.It BindAddress
151.It ChallengeResponseAuthentication
152.It CheckHostIP
153.It Cipher
154.It Ciphers
155.It Compression
156.It CompressionLevel
157.It ConnectionAttempts
c9f39d2c 158.It ConnectTimeout
159.It ControlMaster
160.It ControlPath
cdd66111 161.It GlobalKnownHostsFile
162.It GSSAPIAuthentication
163.It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
996d5e62 164.It HashKnownHosts
cdd66111 165.It Host
166.It HostbasedAuthentication
167.It HostKeyAlgorithms
168.It HostKeyAlias
169.It HostName
170.It IdentityFile
99be0775 171.It IdentitiesOnly
996d5e62 172.It KbdInteractiveDevices
cdd66111 173.It LogLevel
174.It MACs
175.It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
176.It NumberOfPasswordPrompts
177.It PasswordAuthentication
178.It Port
179.It PreferredAuthentications
180.It Protocol
181.It ProxyCommand
182.It PubkeyAuthentication
2c06c99b 183.It RekeyLimit
cdd66111 184.It RhostsRSAAuthentication
185.It RSAAuthentication
c9f39d2c 186.It SendEnv
cdd66111 187.It ServerAliveInterval
188.It ServerAliveCountMax
189.It SmartcardDevice
190.It StrictHostKeyChecking
191.It TCPKeepAlive
192.It UsePrivilegedPort
193.It User
194.It UserKnownHostsFile
195.It VerifyHostKeyDNS
196.El
197.It Fl P Ar sftp_server_path
0fff78ff 198Connect directly to a local sftp server
e9a17296 199(rather than via
996d5e62 200.Xr ssh 1 ) .
e9a17296 201This option may be useful in debugging the client and server.
202.It Fl R Ar num_requests
0fff78ff 203Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time.
204Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed
205but will increase memory usage.
206The default is 16 outstanding requests.
3c0ef626 207.It Fl S Ar program
208Name of the
209.Ar program
210to use for the encrypted connection.
211The program must understand
212.Xr ssh 1
213options.
cdd66111 214.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server
215Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server
216on the remote host.
217A path is useful for using
218.Nm
219over protocol version 1, or when the remote
220.Xr sshd 8
221does not have an sftp subsystem configured.
222.It Fl v
223Raise logging level.
224This option is also passed to ssh.
3c0ef626 225.El
226.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
227Once in interactive mode,
228.Nm
229understands a set of commands similar to those of
230.Xr ftp 1 .
996d5e62 231Commands are case insensitive.
232Pathnames that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotes.
233Any special characters contained within pathnames that are recognized by
234.Xr glob 3
235must be escaped with backslashes
236.Pq Sq \e .
237.Bl -tag -width Ds
3c0ef626 238.It Ic bye
0fff78ff 239Quit
240.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 241.It Ic cd Ar path
242Change remote directory to
243.Ar path .
3c0ef626 244.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path
245Change group of file
246.Ar path
247to
248.Ar grp .
996d5e62 249.Ar path
250may contain
251.Xr glob 3
252characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 253.Ar grp
254must be a numeric GID.
255.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path
256Change permissions of file
257.Ar path
258to
259.Ar mode .
996d5e62 260.Ar path
261may contain
262.Xr glob 3
263characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 264.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path
265Change owner of file
266.Ar path
267to
268.Ar own .
996d5e62 269.Ar path
270may contain
271.Xr glob 3
272characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 273.Ar own
274must be a numeric UID.
275.It Ic exit
0fff78ff 276Quit
277.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 278.It Xo Ic get
996d5e62 279.Op Fl P
3c0ef626 280.Ar remote-path
281.Op Ar local-path
282.Xc
283Retrieve the
284.Ar remote-path
285and store it on the local machine.
286If the local
287path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the
0fff78ff 288remote machine.
996d5e62 289.Ar remote-path
290may contain
291.Xr glob 3
292characters and may match multiple files.
293If it does and
294.Ar local-path
295is specified, then
296.Ar local-path
297must specify a directory.
0fff78ff 298If the
3c0ef626 299.Fl P
996d5e62 300flag is specified, then full file permissions and access times are
3c0ef626 301copied too.
302.It Ic help
303Display help text.
cdd66111 304.It Ic lcd Ar path
305Change local directory to
306.Ar path .
3c0ef626 307.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path
308Display local directory listing of either
309.Ar path
310or current directory if
311.Ar path
312is not specified.
996d5e62 313.Ar ls-options
314may contain any flags supported by the local system's
315.Xr ls 1
316command.
317.Ar path
318may contain
319.Xr glob 3
320characters and may match multiple files.
3c0ef626 321.It Ic lmkdir Ar path
322Create local directory specified by
323.Ar path .
324.It Ic ln Ar oldpath Ar newpath
325Create a symbolic link from
326.Ar oldpath
327to
328.Ar newpath .
329.It Ic lpwd
330Print local working directory.
41b2f314 331.It Xo Ic ls
996d5e62 332.Op Fl 1aflnrSt
41b2f314 333.Op Ar path
334.Xc
996d5e62 335Display a remote directory listing of either
3c0ef626 336.Ar path
996d5e62 337or the current directory if
3c0ef626 338.Ar path
0fff78ff 339is not specified.
996d5e62 340.Ar path
341may contain
342.Xr glob 3
343characters and may match multiple files.
c9f39d2c 344.Pp
996d5e62 345The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of
c9f39d2c 346.Ic ls
996d5e62 347accordingly:
348.Bl -tag -width Ds
349.It Fl 1
350Produce single columnar output.
351.It Fl a
352List files beginning with a dot
353.Pq Sq \&. .
354.It Fl f
355Do not sort the listing.
356The default sort order is lexicographical.
357.It Fl l
358Display additional details including permissions
359and ownership information.
360.It Fl n
361Produce a long listing with user and group information presented
362numerically.
363.It Fl r
364Reverse the sort order of the listing.
365.It Fl S
366Sort the listing by file size.
367.It Fl t
368Sort the listing by last modification time.
369.El
3c0ef626 370.It Ic lumask Ar umask
371Set local umask to
372.Ar umask .
373.It Ic mkdir Ar path
374Create remote directory specified by
375.Ar path .
6a9b3198 376.It Ic progress
377Toggle display of progress meter.
3c0ef626 378.It Xo Ic put
996d5e62 379.Op Fl P
3c0ef626 380.Ar local-path
6a9b3198 381.Op Ar remote-path
3c0ef626 382.Xc
383Upload
384.Ar local-path
0fff78ff 385and store it on the remote machine.
386If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has
387on the local machine.
996d5e62 388.Ar local-path
389may contain
390.Xr glob 3
391characters and may match multiple files.
392If it does and
393.Ar remote-path
394is specified, then
395.Ar remote-path
396must specify a directory.
0fff78ff 397If the
3c0ef626 398.Fl P
399flag is specified, then the file's full permission and access time are
400copied too.
401.It Ic pwd
402Display remote working directory.
403.It Ic quit
0fff78ff 404Quit
405.Nm sftp .
3c0ef626 406.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath
407Rename remote file from
408.Ar oldpath
409to
410.Ar newpath .
9cb1827b 411.It Ic rm Ar path
412Delete remote file specified by
413.Ar path .
cdd66111 414.It Ic rmdir Ar path
415Remove remote directory specified by
416.Ar path .
3c0ef626 417.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath
418Create a symbolic link from
419.Ar oldpath
420to
421.Ar newpath .
6a9b3198 422.It Ic version
423Display the
424.Nm
425protocol version.
0fff78ff 426.It Ic \&! Ar command
3c0ef626 427Execute
428.Ar command
429in local shell.
0fff78ff 430.It Ic \&!
3c0ef626 431Escape to local shell.
0fff78ff 432.It Ic \&?
3c0ef626 433Synonym for help.
434.El
3c0ef626 435.Sh SEE ALSO
cdd66111 436.Xr ftp 1 ,
996d5e62 437.Xr ls 1 ,
3c0ef626 438.Xr scp 1 ,
439.Xr ssh 1 ,
440.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
441.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
996d5e62 442.Xr glob 3 ,
f5799ae1 443.Xr ssh_config 5 ,
3c0ef626 444.Xr sftp-server 8 ,
445.Xr sshd 8
446.Rs
447.%A T. Ylonen
448.%A S. Lehtinen
449.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol"
450.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt
451.%D January 2001
452.%O work in progress material
453.Re
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