Search and sync files from remote systems

Question

I have a folderA remotely which has 2 subfolders folderB and folderC.I have to search for my

file where it is located in the 2 subfolders(folderB and folderC) and should copy it.

Is it possible with rsync and a script like thing.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '11 at 15:31

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You could always use find over ssh:

scp user@hostname:`ssh user@hostname "find folderA -name \"targetFile\" "` .

This opens up two SSH connections, so you'll be prompted for the password twice unless you've set up unprotected key-files.

answered Sep 28 '11 at 15:31

spikeheap

It doesn't work if file name including spaces. – quanta Sep 28 '11 at 16:34
It will if you escape your spaces with a '\' character – spikeheap Sep 29 '11 at 08:20
It is not a concrete filename. How do you escape it from your above command? – quanta Sep 29 '11 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '11 at 02:19

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Sure, using rsync just exclude everything, then only include the name of the file you want:

$ rsync --exclude="*" --include="filename" -e ssh user@remote:path/to/folderA/ .

answered Oct 02 '11 at 02:19

polynomial

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