Some of the common used SFTP commands are:
- You can see your present remote working directory with the help of the pwd command.
sftp> pwd
- Use the lpwd command to view the local present working directory.
sftp> lpwd
- Use the ls command to see the list of files & directories present inside the remote SFTP.
sftp> ls home/user/path
- Use the lls command to see the list of files & directories present inside the local server.
sftp> lls home/user/path
- To browse through the directories, you can use the cd command.
sftp> cd home/user/path
- Use the lcd command to change the present working directory of your local server.
sftp> lcd home/user/path
Some other useful SFTP commands.- To get the information about the remote server :
sftp> df
- To change the file permission of a file on the remote server :
sftp> chmod 644 filename.php
- To create a new directory on the remote server :
sftp> mkdir directory_name
- To delete a file on the remote server :
sftp> rm filename.php
- To rename a file on the remote server :
sftp> rename filaname.php new_filename.php
- To delete an empty directory on the remote server :
sftp> rmdir directory_name
To learn more about SFTP and its commands, check this blog.