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!

mklement0 · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-14 18:52:20Z

0

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, 2020 at 18:52

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Stack_IQ Over a year ago

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?

mklement0 Over a year ago

@Stack_IQ Sounds like you need an external utility for that, sshpass: see this answer.

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