SFTP in shell script

jantman · 11-24-2006, 08:21 PM

Hello,

I would like to use a shell script to put a file ("filename") to a remote server. Let's call it 0.0.0.0, "username", "password".

Can anyone give me a one-line shell script entry to put filename (in the current directory) to 0.0.0.0 using "username" and "password" and drop it in /home/username/filename

Thanks,
Jason

Tinkster · 11-24-2006, 09:13 PM

You can't, unless you use expect (in which case it won't be a one-liner) or
you use password-less authentication (which should be the preferred option).

Cheers,
Tink

jantman · 11-27-2006, 09:07 PM

Hmmm... I guess it's time to brush up on (or should I say learn) expect. Was always looking for a reason...

matthewg42 · 11-27-2006, 10:12 PM

If you set up ssh public key authentication (or are prepared to type in th password), you can use scp like this:

Code:

scp local_file_to_copy remoteuser@0.0.0.0:/path/to/put/file