[SOLVED] sftp output to file ?

Vilius · 11-26-2010, 03:12 AM

Hello,

I want to log sftp get command output:

Code:

sftp> get file3
Fetching /home/user1/file3 to file3
/home/user1/file3                                 100%   19     0.0KB/s   00:00
sftp>

If I do it with redirect operator I get:

Code:

sftp -b ./commands1 vldebitc100 >> kk.log
$
$ cat kk.log
sftp> get file3
Fetching /home/aixcronb/file3 to file3
sftp> quit

As you can see that second get command output line(which includes some statistics) is gone.
Any way to include that statistics line into my log ?

thanks
Vilius

JoshyJ · 11-26-2010, 03:44 AM

If you are just trying to create logs of what you do.

You can use the 'script' command. It will log anything after you start it with 'script -a outputfilename'. And you stop logging with a 'exit'.

Though this will log everything including the prompts. You can give it a try to see if it does log the stats also.

Vilius · 11-26-2010, 03:52 AM

Just tried that - statistics line is still missing:

Code:

-bash-3.2$ cat kkk.log
Script command is started on Fri Nov 26 11:49:23 GMT+02:00 2010.
sh-3.2$
sh-3.2$ sftp -b ./commands1 vldebitc100
sftp> get file3
Fetching /home/aixcronb/file3 to file3
sftp> quit
sh-3.2$ exit
exit

Script command is complete on Fri Nov 26 11:49:53 GMT+02:00 2010.

druuna · 11-26-2010, 04:26 AM

Hi,

Did you add the progress option in your commands1 file? This explicitly turns on the progress meter.

This seems to work on my side:
Content of commands1:

Code:

progress
cd /data/Downloads
get opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2
quit

Run commands (with script): script -qc "sftp -b commands user@host" output.log

Content of output.log:

Code:

$ cat output.log 
Script started on Fri Nov 26 11:22:58 2010
sftp> progress
Progress meter enabled
sftp> cd /data/Downloads
sftp> get opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2
Fetching /data/Downloads/opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2 to opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2
/data/Downloads/opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.t 100%   11MB  10.6MB/s   00:00    
sftp> quit

Hope this helps.

Vilius · 11-26-2010, 04:57 AM

Thanks druuna this was exactly what I was missing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

druuna · 11-26-2010, 04:58 AM

You're welcome

lnunezr · 06-14-2016, 04:22 PM

Hi: I have the same problem using ksh and the "Script -qc" command does not work. Could anyone help me?
Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,

Did you add the progress option in your commands1 file? This explicitly turns on the progress meter.

This seems to work on my side:
Content of commands1:

Code:

progress
cd /data/Downloads
get opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2
quit

Run commands (with script): script -qc "sftp -b commands user@host" output.log

Content of output.log:

Code:

$ cat output.log 
Script started on Fri Nov 26 11:22:58 2010
sftp> progress
Progress meter enabled
sftp> cd /data/Downloads
sftp> get opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2
Fetching /data/Downloads/opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2 to opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.tar.bz2
/data/Downloads/opera-11.00-1111.i386.linux.t 100%   11MB  10.6MB/s   00:00    
sftp> quit

Hope this helps.