scp only files with defined extension

Question

I want to transfer only files with special extensions (like only *.tar.gz, *.war) in one scp command (Debian Linux). Is this possible, if yes how is the syntax?

Should be someting like:

scp 192.168.1.2:/srv/myfiles/'*.tar.gz *.war' .

But this is not working.

GeoSword · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-15T10:46:18.940

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This absolutely is possible

scp 192.168.1.2:/srv/myfiles/\{*.tar.gz,*.war\} .

edited Nov 15 '13 at 10:46

answered Nov 15 '13 at 09:50

GeoSword

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This works, but it's asking for that password twice. – markus Nov 15 '13 at 10:43
Ah yes, I'm using keys, so I don't get prompted at all. Answer modified the above should only ask for the password once. – GeoSword Nov 15 '13 at 10:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 09:46

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$ ssh 33 ls \{\*.log,\*.py\}
engine.log
install.log
parser_lex.py


$ scp 33:\{\*.log,\*.py\} /tmp/
engine.log                                                                                                                   100%   45     0.0KB/s   00:00    
install.log                                                                                                                  100%   18KB  18.0KB/s   00:00    
parser_lex.py                                                                                                                100% 2600     2.5KB/s   00:00

answered Nov 15 '13 at 09:46

jirib

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You can also use ssh and tar... – jirib Nov 15 '13 at 09:46
PS: You can learn how it works while creating a ForceCommand on remote host and check what is in SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND environment variable :) See https://blogs.oracle.com/janp/entry/how_the_scp_protocol_works – jirib Nov 15 '13 at 09:51

scp only files with defined extension

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