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\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{-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{-C}

\dd Enable SSH compression.

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

\dd Private key file for authentication.

\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{http://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.
