how to execute a scp command with the user name and password in one line

Question

I would like to put the password in on one line when running scp in my terminal

scp user1@xxx.xxx.x.5:sys_config /var/www/dev/

duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/q/50096/476681 – BЈовић Oct 16 '15 at 10:31 — BЈовић, Oct 16 '15 at 10:31

score 31 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '12 at 12:49

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Thanks for your feed back got it to work I used the sshpass tool.

sshpass -p 'password' scp user1@xxx.xxx.x.5:sys_config /var/www/dev/

answered Nov 19 '12 at 12:49

Mervyn

whether sshpass is a well-known Linux cmd? Because it's not working for me, do I need to install any packages for that? – kshitij chaurasiya Apr 10 '19 at 08:29
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@kshitijchaurasiya - A simple 'apt-get install sshpass' should do it. – fraank Dec 29 '19 at 16:58

score -5 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 26 '13 at 16:05

-5

Using sshpass works best. To just include your password in scp use the ' ':

scp user1:'password'@xxx.xxx.x.5:sys_config /var/www/dev/

edited Nov 26 '13 at 16:05

Jonathan Hall

answered Nov 26 '13 at 15:45

Younes ERRATI

Does this even conform to scp command line syntax? It thinks user1 is the host. – Pete Apr 15 '15 at 16:02
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This does not work, you can't pass password like that. You should use sshpass or expect. – nacholibre May 04 '15 at 07:59

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