How to pass password to scp?

sshpass -p "password" scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path

or so the password does not show in the bash history

sshpass -f "/path/to/passwordfile" scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path

The above copies contents of path from the remote host to your local.

Install :

ubuntu/debian
- apt install sshpass
centos/fedora
- yum install sshpass
mac w/ macports
- port install sshpass
mac w/ brew
- brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kadwanev/bigboybrew/master/Library/Formula/sshpass.rb

linux scp io-redirection

just generate a ssh key like:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@youremail.com"

copy the content of ~/.ssh/id_rsa.puband lastly add it to the remote machines ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

make sure remote machine have the permissions 0700 for ~./ssh folder and 0600 for ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

linux scp io-redirection

If you are connecting to the server from Windows, the Putty version of scp ("pscp") lets you pass the password with the -pw parameter.

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