Name

       kitten-remote-file - kitten Documentation

Overview

       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 (images not supported)

       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

       New 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.

Author

       Kovid Goyal

Copyright

       2024, Kovid Goyal