copy/move files on remote server linux

Question

I log into server_a and run .sh file, which has the following script:

scp user@server_b:/my_folder/my_file.xml user@server_b:/my_new_folder/

to copy files from my_folder to my_new_folder at server_b. It doesn't throw an error, but no files are copied.

Notes:

• server_b is accessed by the pre-set rsa_keys.
• server_a: unix
• server_b: ubuntu
• can SCP files from/to these servers without any issues

The end goal is to move or copy/remove files.

Answer 1

There are two possibilities:

1. Connect from server_a to server_b and do local copy:

   ssh user@server_b "cp /my_folder/my_file.xml /my_new_folder/"
   

2. Do copy over the server_a. Your method would require the server_b to be able to authenticate to itself, which is probably not the case:

   scp -3 user@server_b:/my_folder/my_file.xml user@server_b:/my_new_folder/
   

Also note that your code copies only one file and not files as you write in the title.