Memo sftp command lines:

SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol

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​---- Connect to remote servers:

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-- Option 1:

$ lftp -u user,password sftp://{{host}}

$ lftp -u user,password -p port sftp://{{host}}

$ lftp -u user,password {host}

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$ lftp -u benem ftp02.actito.be
>> pwd: passphrase prompted

 

-- OR if the pwd is complex with a symbol that break it:
lftp -u 'user,password' {host}

 

-- PROBLEM with ! (question mark), do:
$ lftp -u 'user,pass!word' server

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-- Option 2:
$ sftp -oPort=xxx user@server (pwd request will be prompted)

 

-- Option 3:
$ lftp $login:$passw@$server:$port

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-- Option 4:
$ lftp sftp://login@my.host.url:port
$ lftp -c 'set sftp:connect-program "ssh -a -x -i <keyfile>"; connect sftp://user@example.com; mirror -eR files; ...'

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-- Option 5:
$ sftp -i /local/path/to/my/keyPrivate -P port login@host

 

-- Option 6: 
$ sftp -i nameofyourprivate.key -P port login@url.client.server

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$ sftp -oPreferredAuthentications=publickey -oIdentityFile=.ssh/path/to/id user@remoteserver

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-- Connect with SSH, with path to key:

$ ssh -i /c/Users/username/.ssh/key/id_rsa user@server

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-- Key formats:

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-- PUTTY key:
PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa
Encryption: none
Comment: imported-openssh-key
Public-Lines: 12
AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EA...

K/EP
Private-MAC: f9e2...

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-- LINUX key:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIJKQIBA...

-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

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-- Check format will be accepted:

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$ openssl rsa -in nameofmy.key

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Example:

-- ko answer
user@host ~ $ openssl rsa -in privatekey_name.ppk

unable to load Private Key
139884381235088:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:707:Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY

-- ok answer

user@host ~ $ openssl rsa -in privatekey_name.ppk
writing RSA key
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIJ...

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-- Add a command line after the connection:

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LFTP: add -e and then we put a command line

$ lftp user:password@$ftpServer:2121 -e "cd IN; put -a $logFileStandard ;quit"
 

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-- Make cd and ls in one row on the server:

define:
$ cdls() { cd "$@" && ls -l; }

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then use the defined function as:

$ cdls nameOfMyFolder

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Example:
user@server ~ $ cdls testsAPI
total 4
-rw-rw-r--. 1 user user11 Aug 27 12:12 test1.txt

 

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-- Copy files from server to local:

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$ get FileName.ext

$ exit

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or mget (multiget):

$ mget fileName*

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Back on local, do ls:

user@host ~ $ ls -l
total 4
-rw-------. 1 user user 1063 Jun  5 10:27 FileName.ext

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-- To get all files:

$ mirror

In local, we should get all the files from server, in the location where we executed this command

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-- SCP:

$ scp -i /path/to/key/keyname user@remoteserver:/path/fileName.ext /c/Users/user/localpathfolder/

-- copy of a list of file with same name:

$ scp -i /path/to/key/keyname user@remoteserver:/path/fileName*.zip /c/Users/user/localpathfolder/

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$ scp -oIdentityFile=.ssh/path/to/id user@remoteserver:/synchro/incoming/aFile.ext /home/user/local/folder/ 

 

Caution: from Windows Power Shell, the path can change to something like below

$ scp -i /path/to/keyname.pem user@server:/home/ubuntu/path/afilename.ext C:\Users\username (etc)

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-- Copy files from local to server:

Sequence:
1- connect to client server, example: sftp -oPort=xxx user@server (pwd will be prompted)
2- once connected, navigate to the correct path: cd /my/path
3- use put command: put nameofthefile

Or also, mput (multiput)

$ mput fileName*

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OTHER POSSIBILITY:
$ scp nameofmyfile.ext user@server >> pwd will be prompted

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$ scp -i /path/to/key/keyname /c/Users/user/pathfolder/filename.ext user@remoteserver:

>> pwd prompted

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-- While connected to an intermediate ftp/sftp, how to get file on this intermediate server:

$ scp user@remoteserver:/full/path/to/remote/file.extension /path/interm/server/folder

 

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