You would need a second connection, I normally have a standard ssh connection open as well for things like that (as well as moving large files, running find in

You would need a second connection, I normally have a standard ssh connection open as well for things like that (as well as moving large files, running find in a large directory, or anything else that isn't reasonable to do on a fuse filesystem backed by remote files). The sweet spot is using your favorite editor with all the plugins seamlessly (I prefer it to remote access plugins or builtins) or any other similar "I need to view/edit these files" use case.