WinSCP alternative in Ubuntu.

WinSCP is the most popular file transfer application in Windows Operating systems like filezilla. It helps to copy files from remote system to local system and wise versa. In Linux, filezilla is use for this purpose. But we can simulate WinSCP in Linux/Ubuntu by using Nautilus.

To simulate this we need to install Nautilus elementary, which is a nice addition to Nautilus to enable split view in the file browser. The steps for installing Nautilus elementary in Ubuntu are here.

Type the following in console

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa

The above line will add the repository from where you can download the Nautilus elementary

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

will update the local repositories and update all the software.

nautilus -q   

Now open Nautilus and press F3. You should able to see the split windows.

Access Remote system

Access the remote system by connecting to remote system in one pane. Select the right side pane and go to File->Connect to Server

Fill up the details of the remote system and then press connect. Now the right hand panel will have the files of remote system.

The left hand panel will have the files of local system. To drag and drop the files form one pane to other for copying the files. Also you can use SSH, FTP, SFTP etc protocols to connect the remote system.

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