Example of pshell running on Magnus
ssh magnus.pawsey.org.au
magnus> module load python/2.7.10
magnus> wget https://bitbucket.org/datapawsey/mfclient/downloads/pshell -O pshell
magnus:~> chmod u+x pshell
magnus:~> ./pshell
=== pshell: type 'help' for a list of commands ===
pawsey:offline> |
Pshell is a python command line client that implements a subset of the standard SFTP commands.
- Remote filesystem commands: cd, ls, pwd, mkdir, rmdir
- Local filesystem commands: lcd, lls, lpwd
- Transfer commands: get, put
Type help command to get information on the syntax of each. |
Simple wildcards are accepted for file transfers.
There are also a few shell-like commands, such as:
- whoami: reports the current logged in identity
- file: reports metadata information on a file. This useful for finding size (bytes) of a file
- compare: useful to check on successful transfer from remote to pawsey
Pagination
For file listings that are longer than the terminal height, a pagination control prompt will be displayed with the following options:
Entry | Result |
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| <enter> | Display the next page of files |
| <page number><enter> | Display the requested page number |
| /<pattern> | Filter the result on the pattern |
| q | Leave (quit) paginated display mode |
Exercises
Exercise 1 - pshell with Pawsey account
Perform the following:
- run pshell and login to the mediaflux server,
- query what your logged in identity is,
- display your current working directory on the server,
- display your local working directory
- list the contents of the remote directory on the server.
iblis:~> python pshell
Reading default config from bundle...
=== pshell: type 'help' for a list of commands ===
pawsey:offline>login
Username: sean
Password:
pawsey:/projects>
pawsey:/projects>whoami
actor = ivec:sean
role = ivec
role = user
pawsey:/projects>pwd
Remote: /projects
pawsey:/projects>lpwd
Local: /Users/sean
pawsey:/projects>ls
2 items, 29 items per page, remote folder: /projects
[Folder] DMF-TEST
[Folder] Data Team
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Exercise 2 - downloading data
Perform the following:
pawsey:/projects>cd Data Team/
Remote: /projects/Data Team
pawsey:/projects/Data Team>get testfiles
Total files=31, transferring ...
Progress=100%, rate=0.5 MB/s Completed.
pawsey:/projects/Data Team>lls testfiles
Local folder: /Users/sean/testfiles
17.02 KB | i000765.jpg
17.59 KB | i000766.jpg
17.21 KB | i000767.jpg
19.09 KB | i000768.jpg
etc |
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Exercise 3 - uploading data
Perform the following:
- Navigate to the /projects/Demo folder
- create a unique new folder (eg your Pawsey account name)
- change into this unique folder and confirm it is your current working directory
- upload the files you downloaded in the previous exercise
- check the upload by listing the remote files.
iblis:~> python pshell
Reading config [/Users/sean/.mf_config]
=== pshell: type 'help' for a list of commands ===
pawsey:/projects>cd Demo/
Remote: /projects/Demo
pawsey:/projects/Demo>mkdir sean
pawsey:/projects/Demo>cd sean
Remote: /projects/Demo/sean
pawsey:/projects/Demo/sean>lcd testfiles
Local: /Users/sean/testfiles
pawsey:/projects/Demo/sean>put *
Total files=31, transferring...
Progress: 100% at 0.5 MB/s Completed.
pawsey:/projects/Demo/sean>ls
31 items, 29 items per page, remote folder: /projects/Demo/sean
69776130 | online | 17.69 KB | i000771.jpg
69776131 | online | 17.02 KB | i000765.jpg
69776132 | online | 17.21 KB | i000767.jpg
etc |
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Exercise 4 - deleting data
Perform the following:
- Navigate to the folder where you uploaded files in the previous exercise,
- use a filter to display files with 077 in the filename,
- delete files that match that pattern.
iblis:~> python pshell
Reading config [/Users/sean/.mf_config]
=== pshell: type 'help' for a list of commands ===
pawsey:/projects>cd Demo/sean/
Remote: /projects/Demo/sean
pawsey:/projects/Demo/sean>ls *077*
4 items, 29 items per page, remote folder: /projects/Demo/sean
69776130 | online | 17.69 KB | i000771.jpg
69776135 | online | 18.96 KB | i000770.jpg
69776136 | online | 17.58 KB | i000772.jpg
69776138 | online | 16.62 KB | i000773.jpg
Page 1 of 1, file filter ['*077*']: q
pawsey:/projects/Demo/sean>rm *077*
Remove 4 files: (y/n) y
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