SFTP at the command line interface

Here are some helpful options when using FTP at the command line interface:

Connecting to a server

sftp user@domain

To use a different port

sftp -oPort=999 user@domain

Uploading a file

put file.ext

Downloading a file

get file.ext

Uploading multiple files

mput *.php

Downloading multiple files

mget *.php

Delete a file

delete file.ext

Delete a directory

rmdir dir

Exit

quit