Files SFTP

Files (SFTP)

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Ctrl+Shift+E (⌘E) opens the file panel for an SSH session: a dual-pane commander in the Midnight Commander tradition, with the local filesystem on one side and the remote one on the other (or two remote paths).

Keys

Key	Action
F2	Rename
F3	View
F4	Edit
F5	Copy
F6	Move
F7	MkDir
F8	Delete
F9	Refresh
F10	Quit
Tab	Switch pane
Ctrl+H	Show hidden files
Ctrl+F	Filter the listing

Inside the viewer/editor opened by F3/F4 the same bar means something else: F2 or Ctrl+S (⌘S on macOS) saves, F7 searches, F10 or Esc closes.

Listing

Columns are sortable (name, size, modification time, permissions) and the filter narrows the listing as you type. "Date created" is not offered because SFTP v3 does not carry it.

Transfers

Copy and move queue their work: the transfer queue shows progress per file, and overwrites ask first. What the confirmation asks about is captured when the dialog opens — navigating the panel behind it cannot redirect the operation.

Editing files

F4 opens a file in the built-in editor; saving writes it back over SFTP. F3 is a read-only viewer for large files.

From the terminal

With Open file paths in SFTP on (Settings → Terminal), Ctrl+click on a path in the terminal output opens the file panel at that file.

Not available for

Mosh, Telnet, serial, local shell and container sessions have no SFTP: either the protocol has no file channel, or the files would be the host's rather than the container's.