Automate scp file transfer using a shell script

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I have some n number of files in a directory on my unix system. Is there a way to write a shellscript that will transfer all those files via scp to a specified remote system. I'll specify the password within the script, so that I don't have to enter it for each file.

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14 Answers

There are 2 quick ways of achieving this:

  1. Using scp

    #!/usr/bin/env bash

password="YOURPASSWORD"
username="YOURUSERNAME"
dir_origin="YOURSOURCEDIRECTORY"
dir_destination="REMOTEDESTINATION"
Ip="SERVERIP"

echo "Uploading files to remote server...."
sshpass -p "$password" scp -rC $dir_origin $username@$Ip:$dir_destination
echo "File upload to remote server completed! ;)"

  2. Using rsync

    #!/usr/bin/env bash

password="YOURPASSWORD"
username="YOURUSERNAME"
dir_origin="YOURSOURCEDIRECTORY"
dir_destination="REMOTEDESTINATION"
Ip="SERVERIP"

echo "Uploading files to remote server...."
sshpass -p "$password" rsync -avzh $dir_origin $username@$Ip:$dir_destination
echo "File upload to remote server completed! ;)"

**NOTE :**You need to install sshpass (eg by running apt install sshpass for deb like os eg Ubuntu) that will enable you to auto upload files without password prompts

user_107084700

here's bash code for SCP with a .pem key file. Just save it to a script.sh file then run with 'sh script.sh'

Enjoy

#!/bin/bash
#Error function
function die(){
echo "$1"
exit 1
}

Host=ec2-53-298-45-63.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
User=ubuntu
#Directory at sent destination
SendDirectory=scp
#File to send at host
FileName=filetosend.txt
#Key file
Key=MyKeyFile.pem

echo "Aperture in Process...";

#The code that will send your file scp
scp -i $Key $FileName $User@$Host:$SendDirectory || \
die "@@@@@@@Houston we have problem"

echo "########Aperture Complete#########";
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