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Old 09-23-2015
How to get the latest file from a directory in Server B to Server A?
Code:
ssh user@hostnameB
cd /home/oracle
latest_file_target=$(ls -trp -I "*.pd.Sat" -I "*.pd.Lag" -R | grep -v "/.pd" | tail -1)
scp -r $latest_file_target user@hostnameA:$TARGET_DIR/
exit

Last edited by Corona688; 09-23-2015 at 12:35 PM..
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Old 09-23-2015
Try (untested)
Code:
latest_file_target=$(ssh user@hostnameB 'cd /home/oracle;ls -trp -I "*.pd.Sat" -I "*.pd.Lag" -R | grep -v "/.pd" | tail -1')
scp user@hostnameB:$latest_file_target $TARGET_DIR/

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