For example: : sftp user@127.0.0.1 Connected to 127.0.0.1. s bye : type sftp sftp is hashed (/usr/bin/sftp) : ssh -V OpenSSH_9.2p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1s 1 Nov 2022 On Linux with a much older ssh: : ssh -V OpenSSH_8.2p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.5, OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020 : sftp user@127.0.0.1 Connected to 127.0.0.1. sftp> bye Windows 10 21H2. This occurs both using Mintty and Windows Terminal. For what I do, the only issue is the prompt.