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DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> sftp gives you a familiar FTP shell; it is not just a command you run
I understand that.
> you can list the files on the remote system and make decisions about
> what files you want instead of requiring that knowledge beforehand
Simple. Just ssh <remotemachine> ls /path.
> compare
> sftp> ?
> Available commands:
> cd path Change remote directory to 'path'
> lcd path Change local directory to 'path'
> chgrp grp path Change group of file 'path' to 'grp'
> chmod mode path Change permissions of file 'path' to 'mode'
> chown own path Change owner of file 'path' to 'own'
> help Display this help text
> get remote-path [local-path] Download file
> lls [ls-options [path]] Display local directory listing
> ln oldpath newpath Symlink remote file
> lmkdir path Create local directory
> lpwd Print local working directory
> ls [path] Display remote directory listing
> lumask umask Set local umask to 'umask'
> mkdir path Create remote directory
> progress Toggle display of progress meter
> put local-path [remote-path] Upload file
> pwd Display remote working directory
> exit Quit sftp
> quit Quit sftp
> rename oldpath newpath Rename remote file
> rmdir path Remove remote directory
> rm path Delete remote file
> symlink oldpath newpath Symlink remote file
> version Show SFTP version
> !command Execute 'command' in local shell
> ! Escape to local shell
> ? Synonym for help
>
> with
> $ scp
> usage: scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
> [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]
> [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2
>
> use what works; use what you know
>
> i prefer sftp because I am more familiar with ftp than i am with rcp
> (which scp is based on)
Yes. Simply do:

$ ssh remote ls /home/andrew/path/to/file
file1
$ scp -r dir2 remote:/home/andrew/path/to/file
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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