Use ssh from Windows command prompt

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Question: How to use ssh & scp from the Windows command prompt?

I remember I installed a program in the past that let me do this but can't remember now what it was.

Note: I do not want to use putty.

PuTTY includes `pscp` and `plink`, which is for SCP and for SSH directly from a console window. Did you mean those, mayhaps? They are not necessarily noticeable as parts of PuTTY. — Joey, Mar 09 '10 at 11:11
If you have git installed, there will be an ssh command available from git bash — User, Mar 08 '17 at 02:35
You can enable linux subsystem on windows 10... then you can just type ssh. — patrick, Apr 17 '18 at 12:24
There's a specific answer for Windows 10 here as well as other windows versions - https://stackoverflow.com/a/40720527/5362826 — tamj0rd2, Feb 01 '19 at 19:40

score 26 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 12 '15 at 08:19

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New, resurrected project site (Win7 compability and more!): http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net

1st January 2012

OpenSSH for Windows 5.6p1-2 based release created!!

Happy New Year all! Since COpSSH has started charging I've resurrected this project

Updated all binaries to current releases

Added several new supporting DLLs as required by all executables in package

Renamed switch.exe to bash.exe to remove the need to modify and compile mkpasswd.exe each build

Please note there is a very minor bug in this release, detailed in the docs. I'm working on fixing this, anyone who can code in C and can offer a bit of help it would be much appreciated

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answered Mar 16 '10 at 06:10

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The linked website does not work: Error code: ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS – floriank Aug 20 '13 at 11:15
The link is still broken (1 year after @burzum's comment). – Marcus Bitzl Jul 30 '14 at 11:33
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Even though the site now works again - the download files it takes you to, suggests that it is still the 2004 version. However there is a page on the main OpenSSH site with Windows installers: http://www.mls-software.com/opensshd.html – icc97 Oct 31 '14 at 00:37
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Don't use the software linked to in the answer. It removes your entire system path variable. – Ozymandias Dec 27 '16 at 16:37
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This is working for me in Windows 7, but wiped my path like others mentioned (I backed up after reading comments here and on the site) – Charlie Wynn Feb 15 '17 at 14:39

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '10 at 06:42

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Cygwin can give you this functionality.

answered Mar 09 '10 at 06:42

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Seems like a better way to go since you get a lot of other unix stuff too. – gideon Jan 10 '13 at 06:27

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '10 at 06:46

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Try WinScp

answered Mar 09 '10 at 06:46

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WinSCP scripting reference: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting; or a guide to a scripting: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation – Martin Prikryl Jun 18 '14 at 09:58

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 09 '10 at 06:45

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Give http://www.privateshell.com/ a shot.

answered Mar 09 '10 at 06:45

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Use ssh from Windows command prompt

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