Command-line SFTP

If you have access to a Linux terminal on your local computer, you can use the command line program sftp to transfer files between your local computer and HPC. Open a Linux Terminal, such as Cygwin on Windows, or the built-in Terminal apps on MacOS or Linux, and type the following to connect to HPC:

sftp abcd1234@hpc.sydney.edu.au

This will start a command-line SFTP session. Your terminal will change to look like this:

sftp>

You can use SFTP commands to navigate the filesystem on your local and remote computers. A summary of SFTP commands is shown in the table below. If you connected using the SFTP command above, your local computer is your computer and the remote computer is Artemis.

SFTP Command	Description
`cd data`	Change directory to the directory called “data” on the remote computer
`ls`	List files on the remote computer
`lcd data`	Change directory to the directory called “data” on your local computer
`lls`	List files on your local computer
`pwd`	Present working directory on the remote computer
`lpwd`	Present working directory on your local computer
`mkdir data`	Make a directory called “data” on the remote computer
`lmkdir data`	Make a directory called data on your local computer
`put data`	Copy a file called “data” on the local computer to the remote computer
`get data`	Copy a file called “data” on the remote computer to the local computer

Using scp or rsync

An example rsync command to transfer data from your local computer to Artemis is:

rsync -tvxPr /path/to/my/files abcd1234@hpc.sydney.edu.au:/scratch/PANDORA