Can anyone help on file transfer via sftp

[HHG]

There are some files on a web site which I need to retreive but as I am retrieving these files I assume using 'get' as soon as I have got this file I want to rename the file.

The idea is:-
sftp onto server
cd into directory
get files
rename files
exit sftp

I will be very grateful for any kind of help.
Thanks in advance.

 

[KenCunningham]

Do you mean rename the file on the source server or at your destination?

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[HHG]

rename them on the source server after I have retreived the orignal file on to my unix server (solaris 10)

 

[KenCunningham]

Not sure about all flavours, but vanilla ftp allows the 'rename' command. Perhaps (because of it's nature?) sftp doesn't.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[columb]

if sftp works then scp probably works so can you use something like

scp user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/file /path/to/renamed/file

or am I missing something?

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