File Transfers with SFTP

Command Line (UNIX, Mac OS)

Bring up a command prompt
1. On MacOS - use the Terminal application in Applications - Utilities
2. On CNF Thin - use XTerm in Applications - CNF Applications
Type in:
```
sftp remote_username@remote_host
```
substituting in your username on the remote computer and the hostname of the remote computer in the above command, as appropriate.
You will get an sftp> prompt on the remote computer.
Use standard UNIX file and directory commands to change directories, create directories, and create folders.
1. Precede the command with an exclamation mark and a space to execute the command on the local computer filesystem instead of the remote computer filesystem.

Command	Description
pwd	Show current directory on the remote computer
! pwd	Show current directory on the local computer
cd dirname	Change directory to a subfolder named dirname on the remote computer
! cd dirname	Change directory to a subfolder name dirname on the local computer
cd ..	Go up a directory on the remote computer
! cd ..	Go up a directory on the local computer
mkdir dirname	Make a new subfolder named dirname on the remote computer
! mkdir dirname	Make a new subfolder name dirname on the local computer
get filename	Copy filename from the remote computer to the local computer
put filename	Copy filename from the local computer to the remote computer
rm filename	Delete filename from the remote computer

Please see the IT@Cornell "Transfer Files Using Fetch" webpage for instructions on how to use Fetch to transfer files via FTP, FTPS, or SFTP.

FileZilla is a GUI file transfer client supporting FTP, FTPS, and SFTP and can be downloaded from the FileZilla Project website.

Please see the IT@Cornell "Transfer Files Using FileZilla" webpage for instructions on using FileZilla.