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Old 10-15-2009
how to use scp with metacharacter
hi i have a file name : file^name
that i need to scp to different machine without changing the name

scp file^name user@machine/file^name

its throwing the error
cant use ^name(Something like this)

any solution i already tried differnt combinations like
"user@machine/file^name"
user@machine/"file^name"
user@machine/file\^name

but no one is working

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Old 10-15-2009
How about
Code:
scp file^name user@machine:/file^name

The colon is mandatory.
# 3  
Old 10-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
How about
Code:
scp file^name user@machine:/file^name

The colon is mandatory.
i used the colon also actually i forgot colon in my question
but the error is still with the
^name(some thing like this)
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