Using SSH and SFTP in Mac OS X

SSH and SFTP are command line applications available from the Terminal (located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal).

 

SSH

SSH client is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine.

 

Connecting

To connect using ssh type at the terminal:

ssh username@host_server

 

Username is your network account username and host_server is the remote server to which you're connecting.

 

SFTP

SFTP is an interactive file transfer program, similar to ftp, which performs all operations over an encrypted ssh transport.

 

Connecting

To connect using sftp type at the terminal:

sftp username@host_server

 

Username is your network account username and host_server is the remote server to which you're connecting.

 

Commands

The commands available in SFTP are:

CommandDescription

pwd	Print working directory of remote host
lpwd	Print working directory of local client
cd	Change directory on the remote host
lcd	Change directory on the local client
ls	List director on the remote host
lls	List directory on the local client
mkdir	Make directory on remote host
lmkdir	Make directory on local client
get	Receive file from remote host to local client
put	Send file from local client to remote host
help	Display help text