Re: Transferring files over SSH in the console

[Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

> Always starting from machine_a, where machine_b is the "original" remote
> host.
>
> METHOD A.
> 1. ssh user@machine_b
> 2. scp -v user@machine_a:/some/tar/ball .
> 3. untar ...
> 4. chmod u+x
> 5. ./whatever
> 6. scp -v output.txt user@machine_a:/home/user/.
> 7. exit
>
>
> METHOD B.
> 1. scp -v /some/tar/ball user@machine_b:/home/user/.
> 2. ssh user@machine_b
> 3. untar ...
> 4. chmod u+x
> 5. ./whatever
> 6. exit
> 7. scp -v user@machine_b:/home/user/output.txt .
>

Yes, Method A is closest to what I was hoping to achieve, but Method B
was closest to what I was doing. Method A is cumbersome because it
lacks lcd and forces the user to remember (and type) the username,
password, IP address, and full path to the file. I was hoping for an
elegant solution that did not need all that (sftp does not).

And maybe having a "lls" (local ls) would have been nice too,
something I've always missed from sftp.

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