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# Remote files

kitty has the ability to easily Edit, Open or Download files from a computer into which you are SSHed. In your SSH session run:

    ls --hyperlink=auto

Then hold down `Ctrl`+`Shift` and click the name of the file.

Remote file actions

kitty will ask you what you want to do with the remote file. You can choose to Edit it in which case kitty will download it and open it locally in your `EDITOR`. As you make changes to the file, they are automatically transferred to the remote computer. Note that this happens without needing to install any special software on the server, beyond ls that supports hyperlinks.

See also

See the edit-in-kitty command

See also

See the Transfer files kitten

Added in version 0.19.0.

Note

For best results, use this kitten with the ssh kitten. Otherwise, nested SSH sessions are not supported. The kitten will always try to copy remote files from the first SSH host. This is because, without the ssh kitten, there is no way for kitty to detect and follow a nested SSH session robustly. Use the Transfer files kitten for such situations.

Note

If you have not setup automatic password-less SSH access, and are not using the ssh kitten, then, when editing starts you will be asked to enter your password just once, thereafter the SSH connection will be re-used.

Similarly, you can choose to save the file to the local computer or download and open it in its default file handler.