Using SFTP Commands to Operate Files

You can manage directories and files of the SSH server through the SFTP client and view help for all SFTP commands on the SFTP client.

Context

After logging in to the SSH server from the SFTP client, you can perform the following operations on the SFTP client:

Create and delete directories of the SSH server; view the current working directory; view files in a directory and the list of sub-directories.
Rename, delete, upload, and download files.
View command help on the SFTP client.

Perform the following steps on the router that functions as an SSH client:

Procedure

Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
Run either of the following commands:
For IPv4:

Run the sftp [ -a source-ip-address ] [ -force-receive-pubkey ] host-ip-address [ port-number ] [ [ prefer_kex prefer_kex ] | [ prefer_ctos_cipher prefer_ctos_cipher ] | [ prefer_stoc_cipher prefer_stoc_cipher ] | [ prefer_ctos_hmac prefer_ctos_hmac ] | [ prefer_stoc_hmac prefer_stoc_hmac ] | [ prefer_ctos_compress zlib ] | [ prefer_stoc_compress zlib ] | [ public-net | -vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] | [ -ki interval ] | [ -kc count ] | [ identity-key identity-key-type ] | [ user-identity-key user-key ] ] ^* command to log in to the SSH server using an IPv4 address through SFTP and enter the SFTP client view.

For IPv6:

Run the sftp ipv6 [ -force-receive-pubkey ] [ -a source-ipv6-address ] host-ipv6-address [ [ [ -vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] | public-net ] | [ -oi { interface-name | interface-type interface-number } ] [ port-number ] | [ prefer_kex { prefer_kex } ] | [ prefer_ctos_cipher prefer_ctos_cipher ] | [ prefer_stoc_cipher prefer_stoc_cipher ] | [ prefer_ctos_hmac prefer_ctos_hmac ] | [ prefer_stoc_hmac prefer_stoc_hmac ] | [ prefer_ctos_compress zlib ] | [ prefer_stoc_compress zlib ] | [ -ki interval ] | [ -kc count ] | [ identity-key identity-key-type ] | [ user-identity-key user-key ] ]^* command to log in to the SSH server using an IPv6 address through SFTP and enter the SFTP client view.

Perform one or more operations described in Table 1 as needed.

**Table 1** File operations
File Operation		Description
Managing directories	Changing the current working directory	Run the cd [ path ] command.
	Changing the current working directory to the parent directory	Run the cdup command.
	Displaying the current working directory	Run the pwd command.
	Displaying files in a directory and the list of sub-directories	Run the dir [ remote-filename [ local-filename ] ] command.
	Deleting directories on the server	Run the rmdir directory-name command.
	Creating a directory on the server	Run the mkdir path command.
Managing files	Renaming a file on the server	Run the rename old-name new-name command.
	Downloading files from a remote server	Run the get remote-filename [ local-filename ] command.
	Uploading files to a remote server	Run the put local-filename [ remote-filename ] command.
	Deleting files from the server	Run the remove path or delete file command.
Displaying command helps on the SFTP client		Run the help [ command-name ] command.

Run commit
The configuration is committed.

Follow-up Procedure

There is a limit to the maximum number of SFTP clients that can connect to the SFTP server at the same time. Therefore, after performing the desired operations on the SFTP server, disconnect the SFTP client from the SFTP server so that other users can access the SFTP server.

You can run the bye, exit, or quit command in the SFTP client view to disconnect the SFTP client from the SFTP server.