Andrew Beaton :: FAQ » secure copy http://andrewbeaton.net/faq Tips from the world of a software developer Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:03:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 SCP files with spaces in them http://andrewbeaton.net/faq/2009/11/27/scp-files-with-spaces-in-them/ http://andrewbeaton.net/faq/2009/11/27/scp-files-with-spaces-in-them/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:17:15 +0000 Andrew http://andrewbeaton.net/faq/?p=72 Right, I’m sure we’ve all come across this probem before. You try use SCP to copy a file but it has spaces in the filename or directory name. Well obviously one solution is not to use spaces in filenames or directory names! But some of you lot do, so, try the following:

scp user@host:"'filename with spaces'" destination

Yes, that’s with more quotes!

" + ' + filename with spaces + ' + "
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