sftp - uploading files to Amazon EC2

sftp -i {key} {user}@{host}

(Ex. sftp -i key.pem ubuntu@ec2-111-11-11-111.compute-1.amazonaws.com)

cd {upload_destination_directory}

lcd {upload_source_directory}

mput {filename a, filename b, ... filename n}

Popular commands:

• ls - list the current directory on the remote machine
• cd - change directories on the remote machine
• mkdir - make a directory in current directory on remote machine
• lls - list the current directory on the local machine
• lcd - change directories on the local machine
• lmkdir - make a directory in current directory on local machine
• get - get files from the remote machine
• put - put files on the remote machine
• mget - get multiple files from the remote machine
• mput - put multiple files on the remote machine
• help - display commands available in sftp