Opening the file browser of the remote machine via terminal and moving files around?

Solution 1:

You don't need to ssh to the remote host - just use your local machine's Nautilus file browser to open the remote server directly.

• On your local machine, open Nautilus.
• in the location bar, enter sftp://[email protected]
• enter your remote password when prompted.
• You will then be able to copy files to/from the remote host using drag&drop.

You can bookmark the remote server as well to make it even easier to connect next time.

More info: http://linux.about.com/od/ubuntu_doc/a/ubudg10t9.htm

Solution 2:

Try the following to get nautilus to show up. It does not allow drag and drop onto the local machine, but you could use a network share. That Is what I usually do.

    nautilus --browser --no-desktop &