Commands tagged file transfer (7)

  • Copy a file over SSH without SCP


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    ssh HOST cat < LOCALFILE ">" REMOTEFILE
    Mandark · 2009-12-22 16:35:34 7
  • Move a folder and merge it with another folder

    This will move a folder and merge it with another folder which may contain duplicates. Technically it's just creating hardlinks of everything in the folder, and after it's done, delete the source (with rm -r source/ ) to complete the move. This is much faster than, for example, using rsync to merge folders which would actually copy the entire contents and so for a lot of files would take much longer. This uses macutils gcp port of cp so it can be used on osx/MacOS. If using in linux or some unix where cp includes the ability to create links with -l you can just use cp instead of gcp.


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    gcp -r -l source/ destination/
    fivestones · 2017-02-09 23:48:38 20
  • Copy a file over SSH without SCP

    Nice command for when you don't have scp available for whatever reason. Works with binaries.


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    cat LOCALFILE | ssh HOST "cat > REMOTEFILE"
    eataudio · 2011-02-03 05:29:06 4
  • Copy a file over SSH without SCP

    cat didn't seem to work with binaries to well for me, the above command seemed to do the trick. Opps should be pointed out its going through a "hop" box (which is why I was searching here in first place), only need the last bit (after the -t) if doing it directly from one box to another...


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    ssh username1@servername1 -t ssh username2@servername2 uuencode -m testfile1.tar - | uudecode > testfile1.tar
    djt78 · 2013-01-28 17:06:00 4
  • Microsoft Robocopy imitation (with recursion, pruning, and compression)

    Functionally the same as the Microsoft Robocopy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy) command below but with the benefits of compression and optionally specifying a user. robocopy /e [//host]/source/path [//host]/destination/path Options: -a: archive mode - rescursive, copy symlinks as symlinks, preserve permissions, preserve modification times, preserve group, preserve owner, preserve device files and special files -hh: Numbers in human-readable K=1024 format. Single "h" will produce human-readable K=1000 format -m: don't copy empty directories -z: use compression (if both source and destination are local it's faster to omit this) --progress: Shows progress during the transfer and implies --verbose (verbose output) --stats: Summary after the transfer stops Show Sample Output


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    rsync -ahhmz --progress --stats [[user@]host:]/source/path/ [[user@]host:]/destination/path/
    juangmorales · 2014-11-13 18:52:45 20
  • Copy a file over SSH without SCP


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    cat file | ssh user@remotehost "cat > file"
    luckyone777 · 2017-07-26 20:36:02 18
  • Copy a file over SSH without SCP

    I have come across multiple situations where I could only get to a server from a very restrictive bounce point which would not allow file transfers. I was able to uuencode a file, copy the output to a text file over putty, and then uudecode the file to transfer it. This works with any kind of file. Show Sample Output


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    uuencode -m <filename> <filename>
    leprasmurf · 2009-12-22 15:28:59 3

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