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Remote files
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|kitty| has the ability to easily *Edit*, *Open* or *Download* files
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from a computer into which you are SSHed. In your SSH session run::
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ls --hyperlink=auto
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Then hold down :kbd:`ctrl+shift` and click the name of the file.
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.. figure:: ../screenshots/remote_file.png
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:alt: Remote file actions
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:align: center
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:width: 100%
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Remote file actions
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|kitty| will ask you what you want to do with the remote file. You can choose
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to *Edit* it in which case kitty will download it and open it locally in your
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:envvar:`EDITOR`. As you make changes to the file, they are automatically
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transferred to the remote computer. Note that this happens without needing
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to install *any* special software on the server, beyond ``ls`` that supports
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hyperlinks.
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.. seealso:: See the :doc:`transfer` kitten
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.. versionadded:: 0.19.0
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.. note::
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Nested SSH sessions are not supported. The kitten will always try to copy
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remote files from the first SSH host. This is because there is no way for
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|kitty| to detect and follow a nested SSH session robustly. Use the
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:doc:`transfer` kitten for such situations.
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.. note::
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If you have not setup automatic password-less SSH access, then, when
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editing starts you will be asked to enter your password just once,
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thereafter the SSH connection will be re-used.
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Similarly, you can choose to save the file to the local computer or download
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and open it in its default file handler.
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