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Comment by ArcMex | Hacker News Reader

>sftp(1): add a "cp" command to allow the sftp client to perform server-side file copies.

Well, goes to show how little I know. Been using this for years but apparently not!

Maybe you have been using scp instead of sftp? Maybe you have been using a different sftp client than the OpenSSH one?

> Been using this for years but apparently not!

I don't know what you're trying to say here. Perhaps you misunderstood what's been added? Example:

  $ sftp HOST                                  
  Connected to HOST.
  sftp> cp filea fileb
  Invalid command.