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What's the difference between SCP and SFTP?
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Mar 15, 2026216125 viewsConfidence Score1%
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Usually, I use the command to transfer files on *nixes. What's the difference between SFTP and SCP? Don't they both work on SSH?
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In a nutshell, SCP can only be used for transferring files, and it is non-interactive (i.e., everything has to be specified on the command line). SFTP is more elaborate, and allows interactive commands to do things like creating directories, deleting directories and files (all subject to system permissions, of course), etc.
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