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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Copy path with spaces</span></span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Recursive ==<br /> <br /> scp -r local_path kenneth@remote_host:~/<br /> <br /> == Port ==<br /> <br /> scp -P 9999 local_path kenneth@remote_host:~/<br /> <br /> == Copy path with spaces ==<br /> <br /> scp -r myserver.com:&quot;/path/with/a/Space\\ In\\ It&quot; ./<br /> <br /> scp -r myserver.com:&quot;\&quot;/path/with/a/Space In It\&quot;&quot; ./<br /> <br /> scp kenneth@remote_host:&quot;/my iso/en_ws_2003_ent_x64_vl.iso&quot; .<br /> <br /> <br /> References:<br /> *[http://www.thingy-ma-jig.co.uk/blog/14-05-2007/how-to-scp-a-path-with-spaces How to SCP a path with spaces]<br /> <br /> == sshpass ==<br /> <br /> # password in history:<br /> sshpass -p &quot;password&quot; scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path<br /> <br /> # password not in bash history:<br /> sshpass -f &quot;/path/to/passwordfile&quot; scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path<br /> <br /> ref: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50096/how-to-pass-password-to-scp]</div>

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