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September 5, 2011 27.Dt SFTP 1 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm sftp 31.Nd secure file transfer program 32.Sh SYNOPSIS 33.Nm sftp 34.Bk -words 35.Op Fl 1246Cpqrv 36.Op Fl B Ar buffer_size 37.Op Fl b Ar batchfile 38.Op Fl c Ar cipher 39.Op Fl D Ar sftp_server_path 40.Op Fl F Ar ssh_config 41.Op Fl i Ar identity_file 42.Op Fl l Ar limit 43.Op Fl o Ar ssh_option 44.Op Fl P Ar port 45.Op Fl R Ar num_requests 46.Op Fl S Ar program 47.Op Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server 48.Ar host 49.Ek 50.Nm sftp 51.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns 52.Ar host Ns Op : Ns Ar 53.Nm sftp 54.Oo 55.Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns 56.Ar host Ns Oo : Ns Ar dir Ns 57.Op Ar / 58.Oc 59.Nm sftp 60.Fl b Ar batchfile 61.Oo Ar user Ns @ Oc Ns Ar host 62.Sh DESCRIPTION 63.Nm 64is an interactive file transfer program, similar to 65.Xr ftp 1 , 66which performs all operations over an encrypted 67.Xr ssh 1 68transport. 69It may also use many features of ssh, such as public key authentication and 70compression. 71.Nm 72connects and logs into the specified 73.Ar host , 74then enters an interactive command mode. 75.Pp 76The second usage format will retrieve files automatically if a non-interactive 77authentication method is used; otherwise it will do so after 78successful interactive authentication. 79.Pp 80The third usage format allows 81.Nm 82to start in a remote directory. 83.Pp 84The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the 85.Fl b 86option. 87In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive authentication 88to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see 89.Xr sshd 8 90and 91.Xr ssh-keygen 1 92for details). 93.Pp 94Since some usage formats use colon characters to delimit host names from path 95names, IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets to avoid ambiguity. 96.Pp 97The options are as follows: 98.Bl -tag -width Ds 99.It Fl 1 100Specify the use of protocol version 1. 101.It Fl 2 102Specify the use of protocol version 2. 103.It Fl 4 104Forces 105.Nm 106to use IPv4 addresses only. 107.It Fl 6 108Forces 109.Nm 110to use IPv6 addresses only. 111.It Fl B Ar buffer_size 112Specify the size of the buffer that 113.Nm 114uses when transferring files. 115Larger buffers require fewer round trips at the cost of higher 116memory consumption. 117The default is 32768 bytes. 118.It Fl b Ar batchfile 119Batch mode reads a series of commands from an input 120.Ar batchfile 121instead of 122.Em stdin . 123Since it lacks user interaction it should be used in conjunction with 124non-interactive authentication. 125A 126.Ar batchfile 127of 128.Sq \- 129may be used to indicate standard input. 130.Nm 131will abort if any of the following 132commands fail: 133.Ic get , put , rename , ln , 134.Ic rm , mkdir , chdir , ls , 135.Ic lchdir , chmod , chown , 136.Ic chgrp , lpwd , df , symlink , 137and 138.Ic lmkdir . 139Termination on error can be suppressed on a command by command basis by 140prefixing the command with a 141.Sq \- 142character (for example, 143.Ic -rm /tmp/blah* ) . 144.It Fl C 145Enables compression (via ssh's 146.Fl C 147flag). 148.It Fl c Ar cipher 149Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfers. 150This option is directly passed to 151.Xr ssh 1 . 152.It Fl D Ar sftp_server_path 153Connect directly to a local sftp server 154(rather than via 155.Xr ssh 1 ) . 156This option may be useful in debugging the client and server. 157.It Fl F Ar ssh_config 158Specifies an alternative 159per-user configuration file for 160.Xr ssh 1 . 161This option is directly passed to 162.Xr ssh 1 . 163.It Fl i Ar identity_file 164Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key 165authentication is read. 166This option is directly passed to 167.Xr ssh 1 . 168.It Fl l Ar limit 169Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s. 170.It Fl o Ar ssh_option 171Can be used to pass options to 172.Nm ssh 173in the format used in 174.Xr ssh_config 5 . 175This is useful for specifying options 176for which there is no separate 177.Nm sftp 178command-line flag. 179For example, to specify an alternate port use: 180.Ic sftp -oPort=24 . 181For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see 182.Xr ssh_config 5 . 183.Pp 184.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact 185.It AddressFamily 186.It BatchMode 187.It BindAddress 188.It ChallengeResponseAuthentication 189.It CheckHostIP 190.It Cipher 191.It Ciphers 192.It Compression 193.It CompressionLevel 194.It ConnectionAttempts 195.It ConnectTimeout 196.It ControlMaster 197.It ControlPath 198.It ControlPersist 199.It GlobalKnownHostsFile 200.It GSSAPIAuthentication 201.It GSSAPIDelegateCredentials 202.It HashKnownHosts 203.It Host 204.It HostbasedAuthentication 205.It HostKeyAlgorithms 206.It HostKeyAlias 207.It HostName 208.It IdentityFile 209.It IdentitiesOnly 210.It IPQoS 211.It KbdInteractiveAuthentication 212.It KbdInteractiveDevices 213.It KexAlgorithms 214.It LogLevel 215.It MACs 216.It NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost 217.It NumberOfPasswordPrompts 218.It PasswordAuthentication 219.It PKCS11Provider 220.It Port 221.It PreferredAuthentications 222.It Protocol 223.It ProxyCommand 224.It PubkeyAuthentication 225.It RekeyLimit 226.It RhostsRSAAuthentication 227.It RSAAuthentication 228.It SendEnv 229.It ServerAliveInterval 230.It ServerAliveCountMax 231.It StrictHostKeyChecking 232.It TCPKeepAlive 233.It UsePrivilegedPort 234.It User 235.It UserKnownHostsFile 236.It VerifyHostKeyDNS 237.El 238.It Fl P Ar port 239Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. 240.It Fl p 241Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the 242original files transferred. 243.It Fl q 244Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and 245diagnostic messages from 246.Xr ssh 1 . 247.It Fl R Ar num_requests 248Specify how many requests may be outstanding at any one time. 249Increasing this may slightly improve file transfer speed 250but will increase memory usage. 251The default is 256 outstanding requests providing for 8MB 252of outstanding data with a 32KB buffer. 253.It Fl r 254Recursively copy entire directories when uploading and downloading. 255Note that 256.Nm 257does not follow symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal. 258.It Fl S Ar program 259Name of the 260.Ar program 261to use for the encrypted connection. 262The program must understand 263.Xr ssh 1 264options. 265.It Fl s Ar subsystem | sftp_server 266Specifies the SSH2 subsystem or the path for an sftp server 267on the remote host. 268A path is useful for using 269.Nm 270over protocol version 1, or when the remote 271.Xr sshd 8 272does not have an sftp subsystem configured. 273.It Fl v 274Raise logging level. 275This option is also passed to ssh. 276.El 277.Sh INTERACTIVE COMMANDS 278Once in interactive mode, 279.Nm 280understands a set of commands similar to those of 281.Xr ftp 1 . 282Commands are case insensitive. 283Pathnames that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotes. 284Any special characters contained within pathnames that are recognized by 285.Xr glob 3 286must be escaped with backslashes 287.Pq Sq \e . 288.Bl -tag -width Ds 289.It Ic bye 290Quit 291.Nm sftp . 292.It Ic cd Ar path 293Change remote directory to 294.Ar path . 295.It Ic chgrp Ar grp Ar path 296Change group of file 297.Ar path 298to 299.Ar grp . 300.Ar path 301may contain 302.Xr glob 3 303characters and may match multiple files. 304.Ar grp 305must be a numeric GID. 306.It Ic chmod Ar mode Ar path 307Change permissions of file 308.Ar path 309to 310.Ar mode . 311.Ar path 312may contain 313.Xr glob 3 314characters and may match multiple files. 315.It Ic chown Ar own Ar path 316Change owner of file 317.Ar path 318to 319.Ar own . 320.Ar path 321may contain 322.Xr glob 3 323characters and may match multiple files. 324.Ar own 325must be a numeric UID. 326.It Xo Ic df 327.Op Fl hi 328.Op Ar path 329.Xc 330Display usage information for the filesystem holding the current directory 331(or 332.Ar path 333if specified). 334If the 335.Fl h 336flag is specified, the capacity information will be displayed using 337"human-readable" suffixes. 338The 339.Fl i 340flag requests display of inode information in addition to capacity information. 341This command is only supported on servers that implement the 342.Dq statvfs@openssh.com 343extension. 344.It Ic exit 345Quit 346.Nm sftp . 347.It Xo Ic get 348.Op Fl Ppr 349.Ar remote-path 350.Op Ar local-path 351.Xc 352Retrieve the 353.Ar remote-path 354and store it on the local machine. 355If the local 356path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the 357remote machine. 358.Ar remote-path 359may contain 360.Xr glob 3 361characters and may match multiple files. 362If it does and 363.Ar local-path 364is specified, then 365.Ar local-path 366must specify a directory. 367.Pp 368If either the 369.Fl P 370or 371.Fl p 372flag is specified, then full file permissions and access times are 373copied too. 374.Pp 375If the 376.Fl r 377flag is specified then directories will be copied recursively. 378Note that 379.Nm 380does not follow symbolic links when performing recursive transfers. 381.It Ic help 382Display help text. 383.It Ic lcd Ar path 384Change local directory to 385.Ar path . 386.It Ic lls Op Ar ls-options Op Ar path 387Display local directory listing of either 388.Ar path 389or current directory if 390.Ar path 391is not specified. 392.Ar ls-options 393may contain any flags supported by the local system's 394.Xr ls 1 395command. 396.Ar path 397may contain 398.Xr glob 3 399characters and may match multiple files. 400.It Ic lmkdir Ar path 401Create local directory specified by 402.Ar path . 403.It Xo Ic ln 404.Op Fl s 405.Ar oldpath 406.Ar newpath 407.Xc 408Create a link from 409.Ar oldpath 410to 411.Ar newpath . 412If the 413.Fl s 414flag is specified the created link is a symbolic link, otherwise it is 415a hard link. 416.It Ic lpwd 417Print local working directory. 418.It Xo Ic ls 419.Op Fl 1afhlnrSt 420.Op Ar path 421.Xc 422Display a remote directory listing of either 423.Ar path 424or the current directory if 425.Ar path 426is not specified. 427.Ar path 428may contain 429.Xr glob 3 430characters and may match multiple files. 431.Pp 432The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of 433.Ic ls 434accordingly: 435.Bl -tag -width Ds 436.It Fl 1 437Produce single columnar output. 438.It Fl a 439List files beginning with a dot 440.Pq Sq \&. . 441.It Fl f 442Do not sort the listing. 443The default sort order is lexicographical. 444.It Fl h 445When used with a long format option, use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, 446Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, and Exabyte in order to reduce 447the number of digits to four or fewer using powers of 2 for sizes (K=1024, 448M=1048576, etc.). 449.It Fl l 450Display additional details including permissions 451and ownership information. 452.It Fl n 453Produce a long listing with user and group information presented 454numerically. 455.It Fl r 456Reverse the sort order of the listing. 457.It Fl S 458Sort the listing by file size. 459.It Fl t 460Sort the listing by last modification time. 461.El 462.It Ic lumask Ar umask 463Set local umask to 464.Ar umask . 465.It Ic mkdir Ar path 466Create remote directory specified by 467.Ar path . 468.It Ic progress 469Toggle display of progress meter. 470.It Xo Ic put 471.Op Fl Ppr 472.Ar local-path 473.Op Ar remote-path 474.Xc 475Upload 476.Ar local-path 477and store it on the remote machine. 478If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has 479on the local machine. 480.Ar local-path 481may contain 482.Xr glob 3 483characters and may match multiple files. 484If it does and 485.Ar remote-path 486is specified, then 487.Ar remote-path 488must specify a directory. 489.Pp 490If either the 491.Fl P 492or 493.Fl p 494flag is specified, then full file permissions and access times are 495copied too. 496.Pp 497If the 498.Fl r 499flag is specified then directories will be copied recursively. 500Note that 501.Nm 502does not follow symbolic links when performing recursive transfers. 503.It Ic pwd 504Display remote working directory. 505.It Ic quit 506Quit 507.Nm sftp . 508.It Ic rename Ar oldpath Ar newpath 509Rename remote file from 510.Ar oldpath 511to 512.Ar newpath . 513.It Ic rm Ar path 514Delete remote file specified by 515.Ar path . 516.It Ic rmdir Ar path 517Remove remote directory specified by 518.Ar path . 519.It Ic symlink Ar oldpath Ar newpath 520Create a symbolic link from 521.Ar oldpath 522to 523.Ar newpath . 524.It Ic version 525Display the 526.Nm 527protocol version. 528.It Ic \&! Ns Ar command 529Execute 530.Ar command 531in local shell. 532.It Ic \&! 533Escape to local shell. 534.It Ic \&? 535Synonym for help. 536.El 537.Sh SEE ALSO 538.Xr ftp 1 , 539.Xr ls 1 , 540.Xr scp 1 , 541.Xr ssh 1 , 542.Xr ssh-add 1 , 543.Xr ssh-keygen 1 , 544.Xr glob 3 , 545.Xr ssh_config 5 , 546.Xr sftp-server 8 , 547.Xr sshd 8 548.Rs 549.%A T. Ylonen 550.%A S. Lehtinen 551.%T "SSH File Transfer Protocol" 552.%N draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-00.txt 553.%D January 2001 554.%O work in progress material 555.Re 556