When I try to use the command get from sftp, I get the error saying that it is not a normal file.  Is there a way around this?
How do I use sftp to get a directory and all its contents?
directory;scp;sftp
You can connect to the host using sftp -r and then get the directory. If you forget to use -r when you connect, you can use get -r.sftp -r me@somehostOrsftp> get -r tmp/Fetching /home/me/tmp/ to tmpRetrieving /home/me/tmp/home/me/new.orig.dmp            100%  417KB 416.8KB/s   00:00    /home/me/untangle.dmp        100%  398KB 398.3KB/s   00:00    /home/me/repos.orig.dmp          100%  415KB 415.2KB/s   00:00    /home/me/me-untangle.dmp 100%   32KB  32.4KB/s   00:00    sftp>If you want to always ensure you pass -r to sftp, add it as an alias to your ~/.bashrc or similar.alias sftp=sftp -rFrom man 1 sftp -r      Recursively copy entire directories when uploading and download         ing.  Note that sftp does not follow symbolic links encountered         in the tree traversal.         ......... get [-Ppr] remote-path [local-path]         ........         If either the -P or -p flag is specified, then full file permis         sions and access times are copied too.         If the -r flag is specified then directories will be copied         recursively.  Note that sftp does not follow symbolic links when         performing recursive transfers.