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Chapter 3: Linux Commands

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Options

-1 Use SSH1. The default is to use SSH2.

-b file

Run in batch mode, taking commands from the specified file.

Requires the use of a noninteractive authentication mechanism.

-B bytes

Specify the size of the buffer sftp uses for file transfers. Default

is 32768 bytes.

-C Enable compression (uses ssh -C).

-F file

Use file as the ssh configuration file instead of the default

system configuration file. The systemwide file is usually /etc/

ssh/ssh_config, and per-user files are $HOME/.ssh/config.

-ooption

Pass an option to ssh. The passed option is in the format used

by ssh_config(5) (e.g., -oPORT=nn, where nn is the port

number). -o can appear more than once to pass multiple

options to ssh. This option is useful for passing options that

don’t have an equivalent sftp command-line option.

-P server_path

Connect directly to the local sftp server specified in server_

path. Useful for debugging.

-R num

Specify the number of requests that may be outstanding at any

time (default 16).

-s subsys|server_path

Specify the SSH2 subsystem or path to the sftp server on the

remote system. Specifying the path is useful for using sftp via

SSH1 or if the remote sshd does not have an sftp subsystem

configured.

-S program

Specify the name of a program that understands ssh options

and that ...