I might be a fossil, but this is what I'm using screen/sz for, because that even works if I don't have an SSH daemon running on my local machine. Configure scr

I might be a fossil, but this is what I'm using screen/sz for, because that even works if I don't have an SSH daemon running on my local machine. Configure screen with zmodem catch and then ssh to the remote server from inside screen. If you found the file you wanted, issue sz <name of file> on the server. Screen will see the ZModem transfer and ask you where to store the file.