Is there a way to scp hidden files only ( with regex ) without specifying the name of the hidden files ?

Many thanks in advance !

Define "hidden" file - one with a protection mask of 000 ?

No,

files whose name starts with a "."

scp .* host:/dir

you get error mes for directories . and .. but you can filter them out if you want

Thanks,
But this would copy all the files not only the hidden files (filenames starting with a "." )

Am trying to copy only the files whose name starts with a "."
like,
.profile
.env

a plain file that starts with a . is automatically hidden

for avoiding error mes you can use

scp $(ls -la | grep -v "^d" | awk '{print $9}' | grep "^\.") hostname:/dir

Hi,
I am using xargs to do the job! I hope this is wat u expected

ls -la | awk '{print $NF}' | egrep '^\.' | xargs -I {} -t scp {} some_machine:~/destination_folder

~Srini