BAT script to copy files from Windows to remote Linux systems

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Is there anyway to copy files from Windows machine to a remote Linux machine with a DOS command/other command-line tool (by specifying username and password in the command). I normally do this using WinSCP and would like to write a script (BAT) to automate this.

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WinSCP can be run from scripts. – Mat May 28 '11 at 14:58

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '11 at 14:58

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You could use the command line version of PuTTY, pscp.exe.

answered May 28 '11 at 14:58

Uwe Keim

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Technically pscp.exe isn't a command line version of PuTTY, only the secure-copy component. plink.exe is the command line companion to PuTTY, though it is designed for remote commands without launching a shell. – Michael Berkowski May 28 '11 at 15:00

Martin Prikryl · Answer 2 · 2022-09-09T06:08:34.340

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WinSCP scripting command-line to upload a file is like:

winscp.com /command "open sftp://username@example.com/" "put d:\www\index.html" "exit"

See the guide to WinSCP scripting.

Easier is to use a Generate transfer code function to have WinSCP GUI generate a script (or even a complete batch file) for a transfer.

edited Sep 09 '22 at 06:08

answered Jun 13 '14 at 08:04

Martin Prikryl

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Ty, for update about generate transfer function. This is actually where I planned to start at, and wasn't sure if it exists :) – Developer Marius Žilėnas Jun 15 '16 at 09:24

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered May 28 '11 at 14:59

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Download a copy of pscp.exe (the PuTTY scp companion). If you have setup SSH keys on the Linux server, which you can do with PuTTY on Windows, you can setup password-less copy to Linux machines from Windows.

answered May 28 '11 at 14:59

Michael Berkowski

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '11 at 14:58

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Install cygwin and you can use scp, ssh etc just like you would on linux. Besides, you can use ordinary bash scripts instead of crappy bat-files.

answered May 28 '11 at 14:58

rtn

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 11 '22 at 23:20

If anyone is looking to do this in 2022, Windows 10 now comes with scp. You can do

scp path/localfile.txt remote-user@host:/home/path

or the recursive version for directories

scp -r localfolder remote-user@host:/home/path

Of course with scp you'll run into issues if you have a large number of files. It copies everything as opposed to only changed / new files only.

Then you'll need a tool like rsync, which is available through WSL (windows subsystem linux).

rsync -r localfolder remote-user@host:/home/path

(I personally hesitate to install new tools for a job, hence my desire to stick with what's already available)

BAT script to copy files from Windows to remote Linux systems

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