lftp sftp file to specific directory

Question

I need to copy a file over SFTP to a specific directory. I use LFTP because this connection requires an IP6 mDNS name.

lftp sftp://admin:[email protected] -e "put file.txt; bye"

This works, but the file ends up in /home/admin

I want the file to end up in /home/admin/upload

Can I somehow specify the destination directory? I'd be happy to use an additional command to do so, but it must be scripted with lftp/sftp

Answer 1

Perhaps all you need is an additional command:

lftp sftp://admin:[email protected] -e "cd upload; put file.txt; bye"

Answer 2

You can use -O flag to specify the target directory.

lftp sftp://admin:[email protected] -e "put -O remote/directory file.txt; bye"

Find the docs here: https://lftp.yar.ru/lftp-man.html