Transfer multiple files on single sftp connection in bash

Question

I want to transfer mutiple files on single sftp connection from a folder, where new files are continuously generating, through shell script.

I'm taking approach from this answer using heredocs but failed.

Something like this below code

sftp -P 8922 <server> <<EOF
while [[ true ]]
do
   listOfFiles=$(ls -1)

   if [[ ! -z $listOfFiles ]]
   then
         put * /somedir
   fi
done
EOF

How can i achieve this?

You can just do `put * /somedir`, you don't need the loop. – Barmar Dec 11 '19 at 20:36 — Barmar, Dec 11 '19 at 20:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '19 at 20:34

2

sftp is not a shell, it doesn't execute scripts like this.

You need to execute a script that prints all the put commands, and pipe it to sftp.

for i in *
do
    echo "put $i /somedir"
done | sftp -P 8922 <server>

answered Dec 11 '19 at 20:34

Barmar

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