Connect to remote server using sftp (add -oPort=<port> if port is required)
sftp <user>@<host>
A subset of standard unix commands are available while connected.
Upload a file
put <local> <remote>
Download a file
get <remote> <local>
Quit sftp
bye
exit
Secure copy files to or from remote server (with custom port -P <port>)
scp <source> <destination>
For destination, specify the remote server, then remote path/file separated by a colon
<user>@<host>:<path/file>
Specify local file using local system path. Use a single dot to indicate current directory. Use lowercase r for recursive copy.
Copy all files in the current directory to a remote directory
scp * <user>@<host>:<path>
Recursively copy files and directories from current directory to remote directory
scp -r * <user>@<host>:<path>
Quote source / destination paths when using wildcards for Fish Shell
"/path/with/wildcard/*"
Copy a remote file on server user@host, located at path/file, to the local path
scp <user>@<host>:<path/file> <local path>
Copy a local file at path/file to another remote server
scp <local path/file> <user>@<host>:<path>
Recursively copy the files and folders from local dir to the remote server home directory
scp -r <local dir> <user>@<host>:~