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user3390986
user3390986

Reputation: 7

Copying SCP multiple files from remote server with wildcard argument in UNIX BASH

This Expect script is a part of my UNIX Bash script

expect -c " 
spawn scp [email protected]:\"encryptor *.enc\" . 
expect password:  { send \"$PASS\r\"  }
expect 100%
sleep 1
exit
 "

I am trying to copy both 'encryptor' and '*.enc' with this one SCP command. Console tells me it cannot find ' *.enc" '

Upvotes: 0

Views: 8850

Answers (3)

PierreLecocq
PierreLecocq

Reputation: 21

Not sure it helps but I was looking for a similar objective.

Means: Copying some selected files based on their filenames / extensions but located in different subfolders (same level of subfolders).

this works e.g. copying .csv files from Server:/CommonPath/SpecificPath/

scp -r Server:/CommonPath/\*/\*csv YourRecordingLocation

I even tested more complex "perl like" regular expressions.

Not sure the -r option is still useful.

Upvotes: 2

Dinesh
Dinesh

Reputation: 16446

#!/bin/bash
expect -c "
set timeout 60; # 1 min 
spawn scp [email protected]:{encryptor *.enc} .
expect \"password: $\"
send \"mypassword\r\"
expect eof
"

You can increase the timeout if your file copy takes more time to complete. I have used expect eof which will wait till the closure of the scp command. i.e. we are waiting for the End Of File (EOF) of the scp after sending the password.

Upvotes: 1

Marc Young
Marc Young

Reputation: 4012

The syntax for multiple files:

$ scp [email protected]:~/\{foo.txt,bar.txt\} .

I would guess in your case (untested)

scp [email protected]:\\{encryptor, \*.enc\\} .

Upvotes: 2

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