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Old 12-10-2016
scp using nohup

I want to run scp in nohup but problem is how to enter passoword while running it.

I tried below but it failed.

Code:
nohup scp file  user/pass@host:/dir &

is there any way out in nohup to prompt for the password on command prompt?


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Old 12-10-2016
Hi,

Check
Code:
man sshpass

Code:
nohup sshpass -p 'password' scp file  user/pass@host:/dir

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