Upload files to a server in non-interactive sftp batch mode using a command file

domain: OpenSSH sftp · 4 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Write a batch file (one command per line), e.g. put local/file.txt /remote/dir/ or put -r /local/dir /remote/
  2. Run: sftp -b commands.txt -i ~/.ssh/key user@host
  3. Use -b - to read commands from stdin instead of a file
  4. Prefix a command with '-' to tolerate its failure instead of aborting the batch (e.g. -mkdir /remote/dir)

Known gotchas

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