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Old 03-03-2015
SFTP files to a server from Linux.

Hi,

I am looking for a shell script to sftp to a file server and copy all the files from a directory after the script is run.
The server name should be a user input parameter and of-course the username/password as well. Rest all should be handled by the script.

I tried with below snippet:-

echo "FTP'ing the CSV output to file server now.."

echo "Please enter the FTP server name:"
read ftpservername

echo "Please enter the username:"
read username

sftp $username@$ftpservername


However, the problem is:- When it is run, it brings on the sftp password prompt - which I dont want. I would like to handle password as well automatically within script as user input and then copy files from a particular directory to a directory on the file server (This is also a user input).

Any idea how this can be handled with-in the script? The script should automatically take care of establishing a successful SFTP session to the server and then transfer the files.

Help with sample script will be highly appreciated.

Thanks.
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Old 03-03-2015
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