SFTP to send file with bash script

Question

I\'m using key authentication, so password is not an issue. I have a file whose name I know and I simply want to send it to another machine over sftp.

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Answer 1

I know this is an old one, but you can also pass arguments to a command with a Here Document

You can put the following into a script:

# The following is called a HERE document
sftp @ << SOMEDELIMITER 
  put test.txt
  ... # any commands you need to execute via sftp
  quit
SOMEDELIMITER

each additional command will be fed into the command preceeding the << and SOMEDELIMTER can be anything you want it to be.

scp is a great option, however sftp was the only tool I was able to get working when pushing from linux to windows and you're stuck using FreeSSHD in service mode!