command line: Perform a Custom Command (SFTP/SSH)

[palooka]

I'd like to see a command line option in the FileZilla client,
allowing to pass a Custom Command to the server.

This would be valuable when scipting automated tasks on
the client (the ability to perform remote execution of
scripts on the server).

Best regards,
Palooka

[Eirik]

This is a feature request, moving.

[Christopher K.]

I also thing this would be a useful feature for advanced users.
Especially when using SFTP, it would be great if there was a possibility to enter some command that will be executed over SSH. This way, you would not need to open a ssh client every time you want to execute some command (e.g. restart a service or something).

[Christopher K.]

Sorry for double post. I just found out that "Server" / "Enter custom command" makes this possible, but it does only work for FTP and not SFTP / SSH. It always says that the command entered is not supported by this protocol even when simple commands like "ls" are entered.

As this feature request seems to be done for FTP commands, I change the title to make clear SSH commands are still missing.

[Stephen]

I would also like to request this be added for SFTP. It would be very helpful for investigating connection/server issues and testing commands that I want to use in my applications.

As an easier first step, FileZilla should not give the message "Command not supported by this protocol" for SFTP because this is misleading. It should say "Filezilla does not support custom commands for SFTP" or the option in the dropdown should simply be grayed-out.

[Alexander Schuch]

For FTP, automation is possible - ​https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Post_login_commands. I am just not sure whether this works for SFTP as well. Give it a try.