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# 1  
Old 01-23-2018
Mget with SFTP is not working
hi Team,

I am connecting from one (A) linux server to another(C)/any linux server by sftp
on A linux server:
Code:
sftp userid@C
password:
mget is Not working fine

I am using mget to pull the files. it shows mget as invalid command.

But from (B) Linux server to (C) /to Any server Linux server. mget is working fine.
on B Linux Server:

on B linux server:
Code:
sftp userid@C
password:
mget is working fine

Please help what could be the issue?
Last edited by Don Cragun; 01-23-2018 at 11:23 PM.. Reason: Add CODE and ICODE tags, again.
# 2  
Old 01-23-2018
In what way is mget failing?

Please show us any diagnostics produced (exactly as they appear and placed in CODE tags).

What files are present in that directory on those two servers?

Which releases of which distributions of Linux are on the three servers?

Is the same version of sftp installed on all three servers? If not, what are the versions on the three servers involved?
# 3  
Old 01-24-2018
Hi Don,

Thank you for the prompt response on this.
Attached the screenshot.

Normal text files.

Server A mget is not working:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)

Server B mget is working:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.11 (Tikanga)

i used the command: telnet localhost 22
Server A mget is not working
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.5

Server B mget is working:
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3

Regards,
Babu
Mget with SFTP is not working-invalidcmdpng
# 4  
Old 01-24-2018
You need to give mget something to work with. Just 'mget' by itself is bad syntax.
# 5  
Old 01-24-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
You need to give mget something to work with. Just 'mget' by itself is bad syntax.

No , its not invalid without parameter. Already tried by giving file name.

it should display like this without passing parameter:
Code:
sftp> mget
You must specify at least one path after a mget command.

Regards,
Last edited by rbatte1; 01-26-2018 at 07:13 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags
# 6  
Old 01-24-2018
Running my sftp (OpenSSH_7.5p1 Ubuntu-10ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016), for an mget without a path I receive
Code:
sftp> mget
You must specify at least one path after a mget command.

It seems to recognise mget although it's not mentioned in man sftp, mayhap for compatibility reasons. For get it says:
Quote:
remote-path may contain glob(3) characters and may match multiple files.
So get may have taken the place of mget.
What does your man sftp say about the availability of mget?

Try get with wildcards instead.
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# 7  
Old 01-25-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnsnow
No , its not invalid without parameter. Already tried by giving file name.

it should display like this without passing parameter:
Code:
sftp> mget
You must specify at least one path after a mget command.

Regards,
And what happens when you DO give at least one path after mget command?
Last edited by rbatte1; 01-26-2018 at 07:15 AM.. Reason: Retro-fitted CODE tags to match my edit to the original posting.
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