Connect via sftp to host:
sftp user@host.example.com
After connecting, some of the basic and most used SFTP commands:
ls # list the content of the remote directory
lls # list the content of the local directory
pwd # print the current directory in the remote host
lpwd # print the current directory in the local host
cd # change directory in the remote host
lcd # change directory in the local host
mkdir # create a directory on the remote host
lmkdir # create a directory in the local host
get filename # Download *filename* into current local directory
put filename # Upload into the current
Quickly downloading a file:
sftp user@host.example.com:path/to/file