How to send password using sftp batch file

Question

I\'m trying to download a file from sftp site using batch script. I\'m getting the following error:

Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactiv         


        

Answer 1

If you are generating a heap of commands to be run, then call that script from a terminal, you can try the following.

sftp login@host < /path/to/command/list

You will then be asked to enter your password (as per normal) however all the commands in the script run after that.

This is clearly not a completely automated option that can be used in a cron job, but it can be used from a terminal.