\cfg{man-identity}{psftp}{1}{2004-03-24}{PuTTY tool suite}{PuTTY tool suite}

\H{psftp-manpage} Man page for PSFTP

\S{psftp-manpage-name} NAME

\cw{psftp} \- interactive SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) client

\S{psftp-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS

\c psftp [options] [user@]host
\e bbbbb  iiiiiii   iiiib iiii

\S{psftp-manpage-description} DESCRIPTION

\cw{psftp} is an interactive text-based client for the SSH-based SFTP
(secure file transfer) protocol.

\S{psftp-manpage-options} OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by \cw{psftp} are:

\dt \cw{-V}

\dd Show version information and exit.

\dt \cw{-pgpfp}

\dd Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit,
to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

\dt \cw{-b} \e{batchfile}

\dd Use specified batchfile.

\dt \cw{-bc}

\dd Output batchfile commands.

\dt \cw{-be}

\dd Don't stop batchfile processing on errors.

\dt \cw{-v}

\dd Show verbose messages.

\dt \cw{-load} \e{session}

\dd Load settings from saved session.

\dt \cw{-P} \e{port}

\dd Connect to port \e{port}.

\dt \cw{\-proxycmd} \e{command}

\dd Instead of making a TCP connection, use \e{command} as a proxy;
network traffic will be redirected to the standard input and output
of \e{command}. \e{command} must be a single word, so is likely to
need quoting by the shell.

\lcont{
The special strings \cw{%host} and \cw{%port} in \e{command} will be
replaced by the hostname and port number you want to connect to; to get
a literal \c{%} sign, enter \c{%%}.

Backslash escapes are also supported, such as sequences like \c{\\n}
being replaced by a literal newline; to get a literal backslash,
enter \c{\\\\}. (Further escaping may be required by the shell.)

(See the main PuTTY manual for full details of the supported \cw{%}-
and backslash-delimited tokens, although most of them are probably not
very useful in this context.)
}

\dt \cw{-l} \e{user}

\dd Set remote username to \e{user}.

\dt \cw{-batch}

\dd Disable interactive prompts.

\dt \cw{-pw} \e{password}

\dd Set remote password to \e{password}. \e{CAUTION:} this will likely
make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via
commands such as \q{\c{w}}).

\dt \cw{-1}

\dd Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

\dt \cw{-2}

\dd Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

\dt \cw{-4}, \cw{-6}

\dd Force use of IPv4 or IPv6 for network connections.

\dt \cw{-C}

\dd Enable SSH compression.

\dt \cw{-i} \e{keyfile}

\dd Private key file for user authentication. For SSH-2 keys, this key
file must be in PuTTY's PPK format, not OpenSSH's format or anyone
else's.

\lcont{ If you are using an authentication agent, you can also specify
a \e{public} key here (in RFC 4716 or OpenSSH format), to identify
which of the agent's keys to use. }

\dt \cw{\-noagent}

\dd Don't try to use an authentication agent.

\dt \cw{\-agent}

\dd Allow use of an authentication agent. (This option is only necessary
to override a setting in a saved session.)

\dt \cw{\-hostkey} \e{key}

\dd Specify an acceptable host public key. This option may be specified
multiple times; each key can be either a fingerprint (\cw{99:aa:bb:...}) or
a base64-encoded blob in OpenSSH's one-line format.

\lcont{ Specifying this option overrides automated host key
management; \e{only} the key(s) specified on the command-line will be
accepted (unless a saved session also overrides host keys, in which
case those will be added to), and the host key cache will not be
written. }

\dt \cw{\-sshlog} \e{logfile}

\dt \cw{\-sshrawlog} \e{logfile}

\dd These options make \cw{psftp} log protocol details to a file.
(Some of these may be sensitive, although by default an effort is made
to suppress obvious passwords.)

\lcont{
\cw{\-sshlog} logs decoded SSH packets and other events (those that
\cw{\-v} would print). \cw{\-sshrawlog} additionally logs the raw
encrypted packet data.
}

\S{psftp-manpage-commands} COMMANDS

For a list of commands available inside \cw{psftp}, type \cw{help}
at the \cw{psftp>} prompt.

\S{psftp-manpage-more-information} MORE INFORMATION

For more information on \cw{psftp} it's probably best to go and look at
the manual on the PuTTY web page:

\cw{https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/}

\S{psftp-manpage-bugs} BUGS

This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for
better documentation.
