Answer by Harvey for Is it possible to get tab completion with sftp?
I hear that a program called with-readline will allow the standard OpenSSH command line program sftp to utilize tab completion. I cannot verify that it works, but I've been wanting that same...
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Another alternative: use lftp instead, which has superb built in tab completion (but that'll be once you start it, not in the shell.) It can talk sftp and many other protocols.
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Thanks to shellholic's answer, I was able to make it (somewhat) work for sftp. First, create the file /etc/bash_completion.d/sftp with the following content:# custom sftp(1) based on scp# see...
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Don't use sftp, use scp and it work. You will need an ssh key.
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Sometimes I need to quickly copy a file from my remote server to my local machine. Here's my current workflow:I SSH into my remote server, find the file and copy its full path.I open new terminal tab...
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