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

0disse0 · 2010-02-19 16:44:24 16
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 ${SSH_CLIENT%% *}:Desktop/upload/* .; }
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mecp () { scp "$@" ${SSH_CLIENT%% *}:Desktop/; }

braino · 2009-06-11 00:43:08 15
scp with compression.

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

OJM · 2010-02-15 12:39:46 47
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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scp user@hostb:file user@hostc:

drossman · 2009-02-16 18:33:08 1219
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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for h in host1 host2 host3 host4 ; { scp file user@$h:/destination_path/ ; }

andrewtayloruk · 2009-02-16 01:02:35 313
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. Show Sample Output
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```
[root@core /to/long/of/a/directory/name/to/type/out/gesh]# scp filename root@domain.tld:`pwd`
root@domain.tld's password:
filename                                     100% 1757     1.7KB/s   00:00
[root@core /to/long/of/a/directory/name/to/type/out/gesh]#
```
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scp filename root@remote:`pwd`

shadus · 2011-10-29 07:12:17 8
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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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"

TheBunman · 2009-02-21 18:42:33 11
Copy 3 files from 3 different servers and adds server name tag to file copied
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for i in `seq 1 3`; do scp finku@server$i:file.txt server$i-file.txt; done

finku · 2009-07-10 17:10:55 2
Run a command when a file is changed
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while :; do n=$(md5 myfile); if [ "$h" != "$n" ]; then h=$n; scp myfile myserver:mydir/myfile; fi; sleep 1; done

MagisterQuis · 2013-04-08 22:23:17 13
ssh autocomplete based on ~/.ssh/config

I sue this in my .bashrc file This will also do auto-completion for scp and sftp
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complete -o default -o nospace -W "$(grep -i -e '^host ' ~/.ssh/config | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2))}' ORS=' ')" ssh scp sftp

Wamith · 2013-11-19 14:44:41 9
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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'ls -1 *<pattern>* | while read file; do scp $file user@host:/path/; if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then rm $file; fi; done'

perrefe · 2009-02-06 00:08:06 18
how to scp to another pc on network
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sudo scp <file or folder> <name of pc 1>@<IP of pc 2>:

christopherpl · 2012-05-04 17:11:29 4
Get file from remote system

scp username@192.168.1.22:/directory/path . Get the file from the remote system
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scp username@host|ipaddress:/directory/path .

Dhinesh · 2013-10-23 12:35:18 11
SCP file from remote location to local directory
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scp user@hostname:/remotedir/file.name /localdir

novajeeper · 2013-11-03 16:12:19 10
copy multiple files using SCP
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scp username@computer:"path/To/File1 path/To/File2" destination/

unixmonkey76149 · 2014-05-23 07:30:48 9
Remote copy in batch, exclude specified pattern
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scp -r `ls | grep -vE "(Pattern1|Pattern2)"` user@remote_host:/location

zluyuer · 2014-12-16 04:07:35 8
scp through host in the middle

this is a rip from http://superuser.com/questions/276533/scp-files-via-intermediate-host
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A$ scp -oProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p B" thefile C:destination

bishamon · 2016-04-18 07:57:12 12
scp through host in the middle

same rip P.S. B$ is computer B and so on
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B$ scp -3 A:file C:file

bishamon · 2016-04-18 08:24:15 12
bkup the old files

U have to make key exchange in order to avoid continuous password prompt. Show Sample Output
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```
[root@localhost ~]# find /home/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec scp -r {} root@myhost:/data/bkup \;
.bash_history                                 100%  639     0.6KB/s   00:00
saved_state                                   100%   41KB  41.4KB/s   00:00
......
```
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find <dir> -type f -mtime +<days> -exec scp -r {} user@backuphost:/data/bkup \;

rbattu · 2009-02-12 07:43:29 13
SCP files to remote server using PEM file
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scp -i /path/to/file.pem [local-files] root@[dest-host]:[dest-path]

mariusbutuc · 2011-08-24 18:47:44 8
Download a file securely via a remote SSH server
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scp $user@$server:$path/to/file .

burned · 2010-08-02 16:26:10 5
Upload file to remote server using SCP

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

svnlabs · 2010-01-22 16:55:25 5
copy `file.txt` to remote server
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scp -l username -pw pa33w0rd file.txt 192.168.1.2:/path/to/dir

kev · 2011-12-16 02:48:38 5
Upload file to remote server using SCP
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scp /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/

bakhru · 2010-01-22 21:19:37 6
Upload file to remote server using SCP

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

lalit241 · 2010-01-22 17:21:07 4
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Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

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