technote:sftp
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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!
Once sshpass is installed, you can call sshpass, pass the password and then pass the sftp command string as an argument.
To specify multiple command strings you can either pass a file fill of commands, or you can use the bash here-string syntax.
[root@corp-01 ~]# sshpass -p "password" sftp user@server.tapetrack.com <<< "put drm.csv upload/drm.csv" Connected to server.tapetrack.com. sftp> put drm.csv upload/drm.csv
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