Automate scp file transfer using a shell script

Question

I have some n number of files in a directory on my unix system. Is there a way to write a shellscript that will transfer all those files via scp to a specified remote system

Answer 1

here's bash code for SCP with a .pem key file. Just save it to a script.sh file then run with 'sh script.sh'

Enjoy

#!/bin/bash
#Error function
function die(){
echo "$1"
exit 1
}

Host=ec2-53-298-45-63.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
User=ubuntu
#Directory at sent destination
SendDirectory=scp
#File to send at host
FileName=filetosend.txt
#Key file
Key=MyKeyFile.pem

echo "Aperture in Process...";

#The code that will send your file scp
scp -i $Key $FileName $User@$Host:$SendDirectory || \
die "@@@@@@@Houston we have problem"

echo "########Aperture Complete#########";