SFTP commands

List of SFTP commands (SFTP will abort if any of the following commands fail):

get [flags] remote-path[local-path]	Retrieve the remote-path and store it on the local machine. If the local path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the remote machine.
put [flags] local-path [local-path]	Upload local-path and store it on the remote machine. If the remote path name is not specified, it is given the same name it has on the local machine.
rename oldpath newpath	Rename remote file from oldpath to newpath.
ln oldpath newpath	Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
rm path	Delete remote file specified by path.
lmkdir path	Create local directory specified by path.
bye	Quit sftp.
exit	Quit sftp.
quit	Quit sftp.
cd path	Change remote directory to path.
lcd path	Change local directory to path.
ls [path]	Display remote directory listing of either path or current directory if path is not specified.
pwd	Display remote working directory.
rmdir path	Remove remote directory specified by path.
chgrp grp path	Change group of file path to grp. grp must be a numeric GID.
chmod mode path	Change permissions of file path to mode.
chown own path	Change owner of file path to own. own must be a numeric UID.
symlink oldpath newpath	Create a symbolic link from oldpath to newpath.
mkdir path	Create remote directory specified by path.
lls [ls-options [path]]	Display local directory listing of either path or current directory if path is not specified.
lpwd	Print local working directory.
lumask umask	Set local umask to umask.
! command	Execute command in local shell.
!	Escape to local shell.
?	Synonym for help.
help	Display help text

Example:   here I’m transferring ‘.dmp’ files from prod to test server using ‘SFTP’.

From test server:

/var/backup/ $  sftp  chandra@prodhostname

chandra@prodhostname's password: ********

Connected to prodhostname.

sftp> cd /var/backup/corpdb/datapump/                   (moving to datapump location on prod)

sftp> bye                                                                            (quits from sftp prompt)

(creating directories  corpdb and datapump on local server(test))

/var/backup/ $  mkdir corpdb                             

/var/backup/ $ cd corpdb

/var/backup/corpdb/  $  mkdir datapump

/var/backup/corpdb/ $   cd datapump

/var/backup/corpdb/datapump/ $  sftp chandra@prodhostname

chandra@host2's password: ********               (connecting to prod server using prod username)

Connected to host2.

sftp> cd /var/backup                          (moving to datapump location on prod(remote server))

sftp> ls                                              (lists all files & folders in /var/backup location on remote server(prod))

sftp> cd  /var/backup/corpdb

sftp> cd  /var/backup/corpdb/datapump  

sftp> get *.dmp                                    (getting .dmp files from prod to test server)

Fetching /var/backup/corpdb/datapump/CORP01.dmp to CORP01.dmp

/var/backup/corpdb/datapump/CORP01.dmp        0%  192MB  1MB/s   992.0KB/s  5:58:45 ETA


Where          0%             -      Percentage of the file that has been transferred at this point
                    192MB       -     Amount of Data Transferred
                    1Mbps        -     Transfer rate
                    ETA            -     Estimated Time of Arrival(i.e. Remaining Time)

NOTE :   We can also give sftp>  get *.dmp /var/backup/corpdb/datapump   but since we are connected from /var/backup/corpdb/datapump   location so no need of specifying path, by default it will place all the files in the location from where you are connected to SFTP.

Similarly the same operation can be done through prod server also but the only difference is use 'PUT' command in place of 'GET' command.

                                                

Hope this helps, ALL THE BEST