How to scp transfer a file in Linux with spaces

Say you have a path like this "/some/path/here with spaces/".  If you try to transfer it you will get a message along the lines of:

scp -rp 192.168.0.12:"/some/path/here space/" .

scp: /some/path/here: No such file or directory
scp: space: No such file or directory

You can escape each space but what a pain that is especially if you have multiple spaces in the path.

The simplest way is to use the following instead:


scp -rp 192.168.0.12:'"/some/path/here space/"' .

or


scp -rp 192.168.0.12:'"/some/path/here space/"' .

As you can see we are basically padding it with a '" or "' on either side to make the shell interpret it as a literal instead of thinking the space is where the path name ends.

In newer versions you may get this error with the above solution:

protocol error: filename does not match request
 

To solve it, add the "-T" option:

scp -T -rp 192.168.0.12:'"/some/path/here space/"' .


Tags:

scp, linux, spacessay, quot, spaces, rp, directory, multiple, simplest, padding, shell, interpret, literal,

Latest Articles

  • Cloned VM/Server/Computer in Linux won't boot and goes to initramfs busybox Solution
  • How To Add Windows 7 8 10 11 to GRUB Boot List Dual Booting
  • How to configure OpenDKIM on Linux with Postfix and setup bind zonefile
  • Debian Ubuntu 10/11/12 Linux how to get tftpd-hpa server setup tutorial
  • efibootmgr: option requires an argument -- 'd' efibootmgr version 15 grub-install.real: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Operation not permitted.
  • Apache Error Won't start SSL Cert Issue Solution Unable to configure verify locations for client authentication SSL Library Error: 151441510 error:0906D066:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:bad end line SSL Library Error: 185090057 error:0B084009:x509 certif
  • Linux Debian Mint Ubuntu Bridge br0 gets random IP
  • redis requirements
  • How to kill a docker swarm
  • docker swarm silly issues
  • isc-dhcp-server dhcpd how to get longer lease
  • nvidia cannot resume from sleep Comm: nvidia-sleep.sh Tainted: Linux Ubuntu Mint Debian
  • zfs and LUKS how to recover in Linux
  • [error] (28)No space left on device: Cannot create SSLMutex Apache Solution Linux CentOS Ubuntu Debian Mint
  • Save money on bandwidth by disabling reflective rpc queries in Linux CentOS RHEL Ubuntu Debian
  • How to access a disk with bad superblock Linux Ubuntu Debian Redhat CentOS ext3 ext4
  • ImageMagick error convert solution - convert-im6.q16: cache resources exhausted
  • PTY allocation request failed on channel 0 solution
  • docker error not supported as upperdir failed to start daemon: error initializing graphdriver: driver not supported
  • Migrated Linux Ubuntu Mint not starting services due to broken /var/run and dbus - Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory solution