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'''''FI'''les transferrer over '''SH'''ell protocol'' is a [[Protocol (computing)|protocol]] to use [[SSH]] or [[Remote Shell|rsh]] to transfer files between computers. Serverside, '''FISH''' requires nothing more than a working [[Unix shell]], and doesn't require file transfer to be enabled on the SSH server. Optionally, there can be a special FISH server program ''start_fish_server'' installed on the server.<!--What does this do?-->

The advantages of FISH are that all it requires serverside is an SSH or RSH implementation &amp; a [[Unix]] shell and it doesn't require anything to be mounted clientside, which reduces hassle when only using FISH for one file.

The protocol was designed by Pavel Machek in [[1998]] for [[Midnight Commander]].