7.2 Use sftp Interactively

You can use an interactive sftp session to execute one or more file management commands securely on a remote computer.

To open an interactive sftp session

Connect to a remote host. For example:
```
sftp joe@myhost.com
```
NOTE:You can omit the user name if your name on the Secure Shell server is the same as your current user name.

After a successful connection is established, the following prompt appears:
```
sftp>
```

Do any of the following:

To	Use
View a list of supported commands	help; for example: sftp> help
Learn more about supported commands	help command; for example: sftp> help put
Transfer and manage files	Use any of the supported sftp commands. For example, to transfer the file demo from the local working directory to the remote working directory: sftp> put demo
End the session	quit; for example: sftp> quit

NOTE:If you launch sftp without specifying a host name, you can use the interactive open and close commands to connect to one or more hosts during your interactive session.