scp'ing files with spaces

[Toby Fisher]

On Sat, 29 May 2004, Igor Gueths wrote:

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> Hi all. I think I remember doing this once, however can't seem to get 
> the syntax quite right. I am trying to scp 1 file from remote machine to 
> local machine...What I am trying to copy is a directory tree on the 
> remote machine and have it created within my current directory. The 
> syntax I have been trying is something like:
> scp user at host:"/path/to/this is the file" .
> And yes I know I forgot the -r option above, however since I am typing 
> this from a Putty terminal its more trouble than its worth to correct 
> the message since I can't see what I am typing. Another quoting variant 
> I trie dwas:
> scp "user at host:/path/to/this is the file" .
> Those quoting variants don't seem to be working...What scp ends up doing 
> is streating the individual words that make up filename to be 2 
> different files. Does anyone know the correct quoting variant to use so 
> that scp will interpret it properly? Thanks!

Igor, you could always try escaping the spaces, like this:

scp user at remote-host:/path/this\ is\ the\ file $PWD.

If you wanted you could surround the filename in quotes, but this may not 
be necessary.

HTH

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