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Secure file transfer program

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Contrary to its name, the sftp command is not an SFTP client (SSH File Transfer Protocol), but it is an FTP-over-SSH client (an FTP client over an SSH tunnel).

In fact, SFTP can designate two different TCP/IP protocols:

SSH File Transfer Protocol (the today's main meaning)
Secure File Transfer Protocol (replaced by 'FTP over SSH')

sftp is part of the OpenSSH project.

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