How to Copy Files From a Remote System (sftp) - Managing Remote Systems in Oracle® Solaris 11.4

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How to Copy Files From a Remote System (`sftp`)

Establish an sftp connection.
See How to Open and Close an sftp Connection to a Remote System.
(Optional) Change to a directory on the local system where you want the files copied to.
```
sftp> lcd target-directory
```
Change to the source directory.
```
sftp> cd source-directory
```
Ensure that you have read permission for the source files.
```
sftp> ls -l
```
To copy a file, use the get command.
Metacharacters may be used with the get command.
```
sftp> get filename 
```
Close the sftp connection.
```
sftp> bye
```

Example 5 Copying a File From a Remote System (sftp)

In this example, the user opens an sftp connection to the system host1, and uses the get command to copy a single file from the /tmp directory.

$ sftp host1
Connecting to host1...
Password: xxx
sftp> lcd /tmp
sftp> cd /tmp
sftp> ls
filea
files
ps_data
sftp> get filea
/tmp/filea                                100%  494     0.5KB/s   00:00
sftp> bye