pscp (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

pscp – command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

SYNOPSIS

pscp  
[options] & nbsp;
[user @] host : source  
target
    pscp  
[options] & nbsp;
source  
[source...] & nbsp;
[user @] host : target
                    pscp  
[options] & nbsp;
- ls  
[user @] host : filespec

DESCRIPTION

pscp is a command-line client for the SSH-based SCP (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer protocol) protocols.

OPTIONS

The command-line options supported by pscp are:

-V

Show version information and exit.

-pgpfp

Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to aid in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team.

-ls

Remote directory listing.

-p

Preserve file attributes.

-q

Quiet, don’t show statistics.

-r

Copy directories recursively.

-unsafe

Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).

-v

Show verbose messages.

-load session

Load settings from saved session.

-P port

Connect to port port.

-l user

Set remote username to user.

-batch

Disable interactive prompts.

-pw password

Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make the password visible to other users of the local machine (via commands such as `w‘).

-1

Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

-2

Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

-C

Enable SSH compression.

-i path

Private key file for authentication.

-scp

Force use of SCP protocol.

-sftp

Force use of SFTP protocol.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on pscp it’s probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

BUGS

This man page isn’t terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.

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