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I'm new to linux, I want to copy a file from remote to local system... now I'm using scp command in linux system.. I have some folders or files names are with spaces, when I try to copy that file, it shows the error message: "No such file or directory"
I tried:
scp [email protected]:'/home/5105/test/gg/Untitled Folder/a/qy.jpg' /var/www/try/ I saw the some reference online but I don't understand perfectly, can any one help on this?
how can I escape spaces in file name or directory names during copying...
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To copy a directory (and all the files it contains), use scp with the -r option. This tells scp to recursively copy the source directory and its contents. You'll be prompted for your password on the source system ( deathstar.com ). The command won't work unless you enter the correct password.
More specifically, what you can do is to make all destination files "read-only" before scp transfer. This will prevent any existing destination files from being overwritten by scp . After scp transfer is completed, restore the file permissions to the original state.
Basically you need to escape it twice, because it's escaped locally and then on the remote end.
There are a couple of options you can do (in bash):
scp [email protected]:"'web/tmp/Master File 18 10 13.xls'" . scp [email protected]:"web/tmp/Master\ File\ 18\ 10\ 13.xls" . scp [email protected]:web/tmp/Master\\\ File\\\ 18\\\ 10\\\ 13.xls . works
scp localhost:"f/a\ b\ c" . scp localhost:'f/a\ b\ c' . does not work
scp localhost:'f/a b c' . The reason is that the string is interpreted by the shell before the path is passed to the scp command. So when it gets to the remote the remote is looking for a string with unescaped quotes and it fails
To see this in action, start a shell with the -vx options ie bash -vx and it will display the interpolated version of the command as it runs it.
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