You did not tell anything about the other suggestions like using scp instead of sftp, but yes, you can do this, but the problem will be, that every output your sftp client produces, will be caught in that variable.
A more clean solution would be using ssh/scp.
Example (adjust your shell and <user> <host> etc. of course!):
Untested, maybe some slight modifications needed.
Last edited by zaxxon; 03-02-2011 at 11:16 AM..
Reason: added things in case it should be automated and written to a log via cron or what do I know ;)
hey,
I was wondering if its possible to use a complete path and file name using the mget command example
mget /dir1/dir2/dir3/file.ext
or
get /dir1/dir2/dir3/file.ext
because whenever i try its says file not found or permission denied.....
but if i do
cd dir1
cd dir2
cd dir3
mget... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am using a csh ftp to get all the relevant files i need.
When i reduce the number of file to 4 (which is aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd), the script manage to get all the files i need. But when i add "eee" to the mget command, it doesn;t seem to get any files at all.
Is there a limit to how many... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I am using mget (mget server.*) through ftp... ... i dont want to overwrite the files in my localmachine if it is already exists... is it possible through ftp ?? any other optios also mos t welcome
Thnks in advance (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am using mget ftp command to pull a bunch of zip files from Windows to local unix machines. It is working fine as follows.
-rw------- 1 autosys autosys 614 Aug 19 13:13 02034128.zip
-rw------- 1 autosys autosys 1866 Aug 19 13:13 02034127.zip
-rw------- 1 autosys autosys 14592 Aug 19... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am using mget ftp command to pull a bunch of zip files from Windows to local unix machines. It is working fine as follows.
-rw------- 1 autosys autosys 614 Aug 19 13:13 02034128.zip
-rw------- 1 autosys autosys 1866 Aug 19 13:13 02034127.zip
-rw------- 1 autosys ... (1 Reply)
Hi
I am trying to get 3 files sitting on a FTP server to an application server.
All 3 files are .csv files. I am using mget *.csv and it transfers only 2 files.
the 3 files contain a common word in their file names "Report". I tried
mget *Report*.csv and that gets me 2 files as well.
... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am facing an issue with mget command, below are the details
The following commands are in a batch file "abc.ctl"
cd /mypath/mydirectory/
mget 'MYFILE_*.touch'
bye
I use this file as a parameter for an sftp command
sftp -b abc.ctl -oIdentityFile=$myserver -oPort=$myport >>... (0 Replies)
Hi I'm trying to get all files from a directory with a script. So i'm gone paste my script here:
cd /var/www/match_demos/speedgaming/
lftp -u Gudfaren,xxxxx ftp.speedgaming.pro -e cd 89.221.243.11_27500 -e mget *.dem
exit
when i run that i get:
"File name missed. Try `help mget' for more... (2 Replies)
hi,
i am using ftp command to get some files from a remote server.
if the remote server contains files of different extension.
abc.txt
def.txt
ghi.lst
jkl.cnf
is it possible to get all the three type of files in one ftp?
i am using this ftp command
$FTP $Remote_server <<_FTP1
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Little
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
scp
SCP(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCP(1)NAME
scp -- secure copy (remote file copy program)
SYNOPSIS
scp [-12346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] [[user@]host1:]file1 ...
[[user@]host2:]file2
DESCRIPTION
scp copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same secu-
rity as ssh(1). Unlike rcp(1), scp will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for authentication.
File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate that the file is to be copied to/from that host. Local file names can be
made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames to avoid scp treating file names containing ':' as host specifiers. Copies between two
remote hosts are also permitted.
The options are as follows:
-1 Forces scp to use protocol 1.
-2 Forces scp to use protocol 2.
-3 Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local host. Without this option the data is copied directly between the
two remote hosts. Note that this option disables the progress meter.
-4 Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only.
-6 Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only.
-B Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
-C Compression enable. Passes the -C flag to ssh(1) to enable compression.
-c cipher
Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-F ssh_config
Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for ssh. This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
-i identity_file
Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read. This option is directly passed to
ssh(1).
-l limit
Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
-o ssh_option
Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in ssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying options for which there is no
separate scp command-line flag. For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see ssh_config(5).
AddressFamily
BatchMode
BindAddress
ChallengeResponseAuthentication
CheckHostIP
Cipher
Ciphers
Compression
CompressionLevel
ConnectionAttempts
ConnectTimeout
ControlMaster
ControlPath
GlobalKnownHostsFile
GSSAPIAuthentication
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
HashKnownHosts
Host
HostbasedAuthentication
HostKeyAlgorithms
HostKeyAlias
HostName
IdentityFile
IdentitiesOnly
IPQoS
KbdInteractiveDevices
KexAlgorithms
LogLevel
MACs
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
NumberOfPasswordPrompts
PasswordAuthentication
PKCS11Provider
Port
PreferredAuthentications
Protocol
ProxyCommand
PubkeyAuthentication
RekeyLimit
RhostsRSAAuthentication
RSAAuthentication
SendEnv
ServerAliveInterval
ServerAliveCountMax
StrictHostKeyChecking
TCPKeepAlive
UsePrivilegedPort
User
UserKnownHostsFile
VerifyHostKeyDNS
-P port
Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a capital 'P', because -p is already
reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file in rcp(1).
-p Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.
-q Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic messages from ssh(1).
-r Recursively copy entire directories. Note that scp follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.
-S program
Name of program to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand ssh(1) options.
-v Verbose mode. Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging connection,
authentication, and configuration problems.
EXIT STATUS
The scp utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO rcp(1), sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh_config(5), sshd(8)HISTORY
scp is based on the rcp(1) program in BSD source code from the Regents of the University of California.
AUTHORS
Timo Rinne <tri@iki.fi>
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
BSD December 9, 2010 BSD