lsftp1

Usage

Overview

lsftp is a program that connects to a remote sftp server, and can be used to upload download files á la FTP. When invoked with no command arguments, lsftp enters interactive mode, much like ftp (1) (although with a more feature rich interface, providing tab completion, recursive up and downloads and more). However, when the -- argument and subsequent commands are passed to lsftp, lsftp simply executes those commands and exits.

Options

Anything (except the special options --, --help and --version ) before the last (if any) -- is handled as options, meaning lsftp passes them directly to the transport program. If you want to pass -- to the transport program, you must give an extra -- to make sure it's not handled as end of options, e.g.

lsftp OPTIONS -- MORE OPTIONS --

to enter interactive mode or

lsftp -l OTPIONS -- MORE OPTIONS -- ls

to perform the ls command.

Available options:

--help

Show summary of options.

--version

Show version of program.

--

End of options (if the last occurence).

Commands

cd directory

Change the current directory on the remote server to directory.

rm filespec

Removes files or directories. To delete directories, the -r option needs to be specified. The rm command doesn't accept wildcards by default, to enable these you must specify the -g option.

delete

Alias for rm.

mkdir dir

Make directory dir.

about

Display information about lsftp.

help

Displays a list of commands.

?

Alias for help.

longhelp

Displays the list of commands with detailed information about each command.

ls filespec

List remote files and folders.

list

Alias for ls.

dir

(Another) Alias for ls.

pwd

Print the current working directory.

quit

Quit lsftp.

exit

Quit lsftp.

set [var=value]

Sets or shows variables. Without an argument, set displays the current variable state. With a var=value argument, set sets the appropriate variable in the environment.

mail

Runs the mail (1) command.

umask [value]

Sets or displays the remote umask.

jobs

Prints information about currently running jobs.

open site

Open a sftp connection to site.

close

Close the current connection.

mv old-filename new-filename

Rename file old-filename to new-filename.

rename

Alias for mv.

ln file link

Make link a symlink to file.

get remote-file

Retrieve remote-file on the remote system to the local system.

put local-file

Send local-file on the local system to the remote system.

chown uid file

Change the ownership of file to be owned by the user represented by uid.

chgrp gid file

Change the group ownership of file to be owned by the group represented by gid.

lcd dir

Change the current local directory to dir.

lrm file

Remove file from the local system.

ldelete

Alias for lrm.

lls

List files on the local system.

llist

Alias for lls.

lpwd

Print the current local working directory.

! command

Executes command in a shell on the local system.

Environment

LSFTP_RSH

The program to use for the SSH tunnel. If the variable is not set, lsftp defaults to using lshg.

LSFTP_BEFORE_ARGS

LSFTP_AFTER_ARGS

may be used to specify default options to be parsed before and after the command line options, making it possible to provide default transport options as well as commands if desired.

Copying

The lsh suite of programs is distributed under the GNU General Public License; see the COPYING and AUTHORS files in the source distribution for details.