23 Jun 2009 HowTo use lftp as a sftp client
Posted by Hans-Henry Jakobsen
lftp is a file transfer program that allows sophisticated ftp, http and other connections to other hosts. If site is specified then lftp will connect to that site otherwise a connection has to be established with the open command.
Basic usage
- lftp sftp://[domain name]
- lftp sftp://example.com
Use a different user name than the one you are currently using
- lftp sftp://[user name]@[domain name]
- lftp sftp://username@example.com
Use a different port and different user name
- lftp sftp://[user name]@[domain name]:[port number]
- lftp sftp://userName@example.com:2222
Recursive download/upload
lftp> mirror directory_to_download lftp> mirror -R directory_to_upload
For more lftp options type the following command in a console window
# man lftp
