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 # SFTP
 
+##1. Getting Help
+Once, you in the sftp prompt, check the available commands by typing ‘?‘ or ‘help‘ at command prompt. This will print out a list of the available commands and give a short description of them. We'll cover the most common ones in this guide.
+
+```
+sftp> ?
+Available commands:
+cd path                       Change remote directory to 'path'
+...
+...
+...
+```
+
+## 2. Check Present Working Directory
+The command ‘lpwd‘ is used to check the Local present working directory, whereas ‘pwd‘ command is used to check Remote working directory.
+
+```
+sftp> lpwd
+Local working directory: /
+sftp> pwd
+Remote working directory: /tecmint/
+lpwd – print the current directory on your system
+pwd – print the current directory on the ftp server
+```
+
+## 3. Listing Files
+Listing files and directories in local as well as remote system.
+
+On Remote
+```
+sftp> ls
+```
+
+On Local
+```
+sftp> lls
+```
+
+## 4. Upload File
+Put single or multiple files in remote system.
+
+```
+sftp> put local.profile
+```
+
+Uploading local.profile to /tecmint/local.profile
+
+## 5. Upload Mutiple Files
+Putting multiple files on remote system.
+
+```
+sftp> mput *.xls
+```
+
+Another alternative to uploading many files is to tar and/or compress the files to a single file before uploading. The file transfer will stop in between every file, so the more file you have to upload the more stops it will make. This can have a dramatic impact on transfer speed if there are 1000s of files that you want to transfer. Running tar and/or zip on the files before transferring them will package all the files into a single file, so there will be no stops at all during the transfer.
+
+## 6. Download Files
+Getting single or multiple files in local system.
+
+```
+sftp> get SettlementReport_1-10th.xls
+```
+Fetching /tecmint/SettlementReport_1-10th.xls to SettlementReport_1-10th.xls Get multiple files on a local system.
+
+```
+sftp> mget *.xls
+```
+
+Note: As we can see by default the get command downloads the file to the local system with the same name. We can download remote file and store it with a different name by specifying the name at the end. (This applies only while downloading single file).
+
+## 7. Switching Directories
+Switching from one directory to another directory in local and remote locations.
+
+On Remote
+```
+sftp> cd test
+```
+
+On Local
+```
+sftp> lcd Documents
+```
+
+## 8. Create Directories
+Creating new directories on remote and local locations.
+
+```
+sftp> mkdir test
+sftp> lmkdir Documents
+```
+
+## 9. Remove Directory or File
+Remove directory or file in remote system.
+
+```
+sftp> rm Report.xls
+sftp> rmdir sub1
+```
+
+Note: To remove/delete any directory from remote location, the directory must be empty.
+
+## 10. Exit sFTP Shell
+The ‘!‘ (exclamation mark) command drops us in local shell from where we can execute Linux commands. Type ‘exit‘ command where we can see sftp> prompt return.
+
+```
+sftp> !
+[root@sftp ~]# exit
+Shell exited with status 1
+sftp>
+```