psftp (1)

psftp [options] [user@]host

psftp is an interactive text-based client for the SSH-based SFTP (secure file transfer) protocol.

The command-line options supported by psftp are:

-V

Show version information and exit.

-pgpfp

Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

-b batchfile

Use specified batchfile.

-bc

Output batchfile commands.

-be

Don't stop batchfile processing on errors.

-v

Show verbose messages.

-load session

Load settings from saved session.

-P port

Connect to port port.

-l user

Set remote username to user.

-batch

Disable interactive prompts.

-pw password

Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').

-1

Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

-2

Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

-C

Enable SSH compression.

-i path

Private key file for authentication.

For a list of commands available inside psftp, type help at the psftp> prompt.

For more information on psftp it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.