sftp is a command-line interface client program to transfer files using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), which runs inside the encrypted Secure Shell connection.
| sftp | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The OpenBSD Project |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Command |
| License | BSD, ISC, public ___domain |
| Website | www |
It provides an interactive interface similar to that of traditional command-line FTP clients.
One common implementation of sftp is part of the OpenSSH project.[1] There are other command-line SFTP clients that use different names, such as lftp, PSFTP and PSCP (from PuTTY package) and WinSCP.
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