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Transferring files via SFTP

Linux

The Linux sftp command does not provide an argument to specify a password. If you do not want to configure keys for the transfer, you can install the sshpass program.

[root@corp-01 ~]# yum install sshpass
Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:14 ago on Fri 19 Apr 2019 04:22:49 PM MDT.
Dependencies resolved.
=========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                 Arch                                                   Version                                                     Repository                                              Size
=========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 sshpass                                                 x86_64                                                 1.06-4.fc27                                                 fedora                                                  26 k

Transaction Summary
=========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 26 k
Installed size: 38 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                                                           1.4 MB/s |  26 kB     00:00    
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                                                                                                                                    196 kB/s |  26 kB     00:00     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1/1 
  Installing       : sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                      1/1 
  Running scriptlet: sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                      1/1 
  Verifying        : sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64                                                                                                                                                                                      1/1 

Installed:
  sshpass.x86_64 1.06-4.fc27                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Complete!

sshpass -p "password" sftp -v user@server.tapetrack.com <<< $'cd upload\n put drm.csv\n ls -al'

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