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SFTP get failing File "/C:/Users/{username}/downloads/{myVideo.mkv} not found

I am trying to download few files using SFTP.

 ls -lrt 
-rw-***** 1 - - 3.3G unveil-movie1-1080p.mkv 
-rw-***** 1 - - 3.3G unveil-movie2=1080p.mkv

------- The following get command is failing for me with the following error -------

get unveil-movie1-1080p.mkv 
File "/C:/Users/vashi/downloads/Series.S01.1080p.Bluray.x264-Unveil[rartv]/unveil-movie1-1080p.mkv" not found.

However if I do a recursive copy then I am able to download the files

 cd ..
 get -r Series.S01.1080p.Bluray.x264-Unveil[rartv]

I'm transferring files from one Windows system to another. What did I miss?

And also the file permissions are 777 in my remote machine but the sftp listing shows rw-*****

I can download the directory but not individual files; I know we should be able to download individual files if the directory download is available; I'm not sure what I missed; any help would be really appreciated.

Solution

  • Make sure to include local_file where you want to save the downloaded files on your local machine Although this is optional

    Example:

    sftp> get /path/to/remote/file.txt /path/to/local/file.txt

    In your problem

    get unveil-movie1-1080p.mkv  unveil-movie1-1080p.mkv

    if a filename contains special characters you can try using to escape using a double quote

    sftp> get "/path/to/remote/file.txt" "/path/to/local/file.txt"