What's a decent SFTP command-line client for windows?

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Most of the windows SFTP clients (like FileZilla) seem to be GUI-based. I need something I can call from batch files.

Isn't sftp just ssh. I think you really want something that is capable of scp or rsync via ssh. — Benbob, Aug 13 '10 at 13:55
wsftp: http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP125/Help/Tools/English/index.htm?17981.htm?toc.htm — Alexan, Sep 14 '16 at 20:55

score 49 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '10 at 13:54

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pscp and psftp are very customizable(options) and light weight. Open source to boot.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

answered Aug 13 '10 at 13:54

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Used it with a "ppk" and a mounted share on windows without issues ! – programaths Mar 05 '14 at 16:19

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited May 15 '15 at 07:22

WinSCP has the command line functionality:

c:\>winscp.exe /console /script=example.txt

where scripting is done in example.txt.

See http://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation

Refer to http://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation_advanced for details on how to use a scripting language such as Windows command interpreter/php/perl.

FileZilla does have a command line but it is limited to only opening the GUI with a pre-defined server that is in the Site Manager.

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited May 09 '14 at 06:38

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WinSCP can be called from batch file:

"C:\Program Files\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe" /console

Example commands:

option batch on 
option confirm off  
option transfer binary 
open sftp://username@hostname:port -hostkey="ssh-rsa "

edited May 09 '14 at 06:38

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answered Mar 26 '14 at 10:41

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 13 '10 at 13:56

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Cygwin + sftp/scp natrually

answered Aug 13 '10 at 13:56

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I need to execute it from a batch file. Cygwin is out. – Eggplant Jeff Aug 13 '10 at 13:59
You can call Cygwin executables from a batch file. – JR Lawhorne Apr 07 '16 at 19:27

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 16:56

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www.bitvise.com - sftpc is a good command line client also.

answered Oct 10 '13 at 16:56

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 29 '15 at 15:00

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LFTP is great, however it is Linux only. You can find the Windows port here. Never tried though.

Achtunq, it uses Cygwin, but everything is included in the bundle.

answered Jan 29 '15 at 15:00

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 05 '13 at 13:40

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This little application does the job for me. I could not find another CLI based client that would access my IIS based TLS/SSL secured ftp site: http://netwinsite.com/surgeftp/sslftp.htm

answered Feb 05 '13 at 13:40

SimonJ

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 13 '10 at 14:01

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bitvise tunnelier works really well

answered Aug 13 '10 at 14:01

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score -2 · Answer 9 · edited Aug 13 '10 at 14:00

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Filezilla is great and it can support command line arguments.

edited Aug 13 '10 at 14:00

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answered Aug 13 '10 at 13:54

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You're going to want to put in/escape your closing parenthesis. – Steven Aug 13 '10 at 13:54
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No, the command line arguments are just for opening the UI already connected to a certain server. I want to script it with a batch file, the entire process has to be command-line driven. – Eggplant Jeff Aug 13 '10 at 13:58

What's a decent SFTP command-line client for windows?

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