Bash: scp all files in a directory, but not the subdirectory

Question

I would like to copy all files from a remote destination in a particular directory writegrid, but not the subdirectories, e.g. the files in writegrid/output_files.

This

scp -r cory@blah.com:~/writegrid/* ./

will copy the files in the writegrid/output_files over as well.

Thank you.

Answer 1

use '' in your path as below

scp cory@blah.com:'~/writegrid/*' .

Answer 2

Don't use the -r flag. It tells scp to copy recursively.