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Commands using scp

Terminal - Commands using scp - 21 results

while :; do n=$(md5 myfile); if [ "$h" != "$n" ]; then h=$n; scp myfile myserver:mydir/myfile; fi; sleep 1; done

2013-04-08 22:23:17

User: MagisterQuis

Functions: scp sleep

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Run a command when a file is changed

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sudo scp <file or folder> <name of pc 1>@<IP of pc 2>:

2012-05-04 17:11:29

User: christopherpl

Functions: scp sudo

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how to scp to another pc on network

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scp -l username -pw pa33w0rd file.txt 192.168.1.2:/path/to/dir

2011-12-16 02:48:38

User: kev

Functions: scp

Tags: scp

-6

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copy `file.txt` to remote server

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scp filename root@remote:`pwd`

2011-10-29 07:12:17

User: shadus

Functions: scp

Tags: shortcut scp pwd simple

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shortcut to scp a file to the same location on a remote machine

This will copy a file from your current directory to the same location on another machine. Handy for configuring ha, copying your resolv.conf, .bashrc, anything in /usr/local, etc.

scp -P 1837 <path_to_loca_file> <remote_user>@<remote_ip>:<remote_ip>

2011-08-31 13:08:16

User: tkembo

Functions: scp

-10

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use scp to copy files

when ssh is running on a different port

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scp -i /path/to/file.pem [local-files] root@[dest-host]:[dest-path]

2011-08-24 18:47:44

User: mariusbutuc

Functions: scp

-1

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SCP files to remote server using PEM file

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scp -P 2202 /$filelocation user@host:/$final/$location

2011-04-14 02:08:06

User: mancipar

Functions: scp

-10

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scp

(port 2202)

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scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@remote:.ssh/authorized_keys

2010-08-25 23:24:09

User: CharlieInCO

Functions: scp

-16

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Install your ssh key file on a remote system

Simply copies your public key to the remote system. For the first time, this will require a password for the user@remote account. From then on, ssh will ask for your private key keyphrase occasionally but you won't need to use the password. Very handy when you're moving files for testing etc.

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scp $user@$server:$path/to/file .

2010-08-02 16:26:10

User: burned

Functions: scp

Tags: ssh bash download

-4

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Download a file securely via a remote SSH server

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scp -l10 pippo@serverciccio:/home/zutaniddu/* .

2010-02-19 16:44:24

User: 0disse0

Functions: scp

Tags: ssh scp bandwidth

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Restrict the bandwidth for the SCP command

the command is obvious, I know, but maybe not everyone knows that using the parameter "-l" you can limit the use of bandwidth command scp.

In this example fetch all files from the directory zutaniddu and I copy them locally using only 10 Kbs

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scp -C 10.0.0.4:/tmp/backup.sql /path/to/backup.sql

2010-02-15 12:39:46

User: OJM

Functions: scp

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scp with compression.

-C is for compression.

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scp /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/

2010-01-22 21:19:37

User: bakhru

Functions: scp

Tags: a2zfa file cop

-6

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Upload file to remote server using SCP

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scp -P 22 /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/svnlabs.txt

2010-01-22 17:21:07

User: lalit241

Functions: scp

Tags: a2zfa file cop

-9

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Upload file to remote server using SCP

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scp -P 22 /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/svnlabs.txt

2010-01-22 16:55:25

User: svnlabs

Functions: scp

-6

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Upload file to remote server using SCP

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for i in `seq 1 3`; do scp finku@server$i:file.txt server$i-file.txt; done

2009-07-10 17:10:55

User: finku

Functions: scp

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Copy 3 files from 3 different servers and adds server name tag to file copied

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mecp () { scp "$@" ${SSH_CLIENT%% *}:Desktop/; }

2009-06-11 00:43:08

User: braino

Functions: scp

Tags: scp

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Easily scp a file back to the host you're connecting from

Place in .bashrc and invoke like this: "mecp /path/to/file", and it will copy the specified file(s) back to the desktop of the host you're ssh'ing in from. To easily upload a file from the host you're ssh'ing in from use this:

ucp (){ scp ${SSH_CLIENT%% *}:Desktop/upload/* .; }

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FILE="`date +%m%d%H%M%S`.png"; URL="http://YOUR_HOST/YOUR/PATH/$FILE"; TMP="/tmp/$FILE"; import -frame $TMP; scp $TMP YOUR-USER@YOUR-HOST:/YOUR/PATH/; rm $TMP; firefox "$URL"

2009-02-21 18:42:33

User: TheBunman

Functions: rm scp

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create an screenshot, upload it to your server via scp and then open that screenshot in firefox

I often need to send screenshots to other people to explain settings and whatever.

So I created this oneline which I use to create the screenshot with imagemagik, upload it via scp to my server and then the command opens an firefox tab with the screenshot.

The screenshot can be a region or a window.

You just have to replace the parts beginning with YOUR.

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scp user@hostb:file user@hostc:

2009-02-16 18:33:08

User: drossman

Functions: scp

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scp file from hostb to hostc while logged into hosta

While at the command line of of hosta, scp a file from remote hostb to remote hostc. This saves the step of logging into hostb and then issuing the scp command to hostc.

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for h in host1 host2 host3 host4 ; { scp file user@$h:/destination_path/ ; }

2009-02-16 01:02:35

User: andrewtayloruk

Functions: file scp

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Copy something to multiple SSH hosts with a Bash loop

Just a quick and simple one to demonstrate Bash For loop. Copies 'file' to multiple ssh hosts.

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find <dir> -type f -mtime +<days> -exec scp -r {} user@backuphost:/data/bkup \;

2009-02-12 07:43:29

User: rbattu

Functions: find scp

-1

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bkup the old files

U have to make key exchange in order to avoid continuous password prompt.

'ls -1 *<pattern>* | while read file; do scp $file user@host:/path/; if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then rm $file; fi; done'

2009-02-06 00:08:06

User: perrefe

Functions: read rm scp

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Search filenames with given pattern; each one is transfered via scp and if succesfull the file is locally deleted. Ideal for filesystem quick maintenance

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