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Line 18: '''<tt>sftp</tt>''' is a [[command-line interface]] client [[Computer program\|program]] to transfer files using the [[SSH File Transfer Protocol]] (SFTP), which runs inside the encrypted [[Secure Shell]] connection. It provides an interactive interface similar to that of traditional command-line [[File Transfer Protocol\|FTP]] clients. One common implementation of <tt>sftp</tt> is part of the [[OpenSSH]] project.<ref name="openssh">[https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1 sftp man page from the OpenSSH project]</ref> There are other command-line SFTP clients that use different names, such as [[lftp]], PSFTP and PSCP (from [[PuTTY]] package) and [[WinSCP]].▼ ~~<tt>sftp</tt> should not be confused with running an [[FTP over SSH\|FTP client over an SSH connection]].~~ ▲One common implementation of <tt>sftp</tt> is part of the [[OpenSSH]] project.<ref name="openssh">[https://man.openbsd.org/sftp.1 sftp man page from the OpenSSH project]</ref> ==See also==

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