PowerShell Script SCP command

Question

I have following script,

$servers = "server1","server2"
ForEach($Server In $servers){
    scp.exe -r 'username@'+$Server+':/home/copylogs/logs' .\logs_prod'
}

but server variable is not working as aspected, any idea?

thanks!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '20 at 18:52

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In order to pass an expression as an argument - a string concatenation operation with + in your case - you must include it in (...)

scp.exe -r ('username@'+$Server+':/home/copylogs/logs') .\logs_prod

Alternatively, you could use an expandable string (string interpolation), "...":

scp.exe -r "username@${Server}:/home/copylogs/logs" .\logs_prod

^{Note the need to enclose the variable name, Server in {...} in this case, so that the : that follows isn't interpreted as part of the variable name - see this answer.}

answered Apr 14 '20 at 18:52

mklement0

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How do you provide password also with this? I know we should do it with ssh keys but if we want to use password how to do that? – Stack_IQ Dec 16 '20 at 07:34
@Stack_IQ Sounds like you need an external utility for that, `sshpass`: see [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/13955428/45375). – mklement0 Dec 16 '20 at 14:43

PowerShell Script SCP command

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