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The document discusses using Expect and SSH/SFTP to automate file transfers between servers. It provides Expect and Perl code examples to automate launching SFTP with password input and executing file get/put commands by spawning SFTP in batch mode or connecting directly with Net::SFTP in Perl.

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Linux BSD Central SFTP Expect

The document discusses using Expect and SSH/SFTP to automate file transfers between servers. It provides Expect and Perl code examples to automate launching SFTP with password input and executing file get/put commands by spawning SFTP in batch mode or connecting directly with Net::SFTP in Perl.

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AutomatingSFTPusingexpect

ContributedbyChadBrandt

Saturday,19June2004

YoumayneedtoautomatetransferringoffilesandtheonlyprotocolyouhaveavailabletoyouisSSH.Youcanaccomplish
thisusingexpectandSFTP

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Expect(http://expect.nist.gov/)isatoolforautomatinginteractiveprograms.Touseexpecttoautomatefiletransferwith
SFTP,wehavetofirstcreatetheexpectscript

AutomatingSFTP
usingexpect

#!/usr/local/bin/expect

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spawnsftpbcmdFileuser@yourserver.com
expect"password:"
send"shhh!\n"
interact
Thiswillspawnsftpinbatchmodeandpassinthepasswordshhh!totheprogram.SFTPwillthanexecuteallthecommadsin
cmdFile

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lcd/home/ftp/test
cd/home/ftp/somedir
mput*.dat

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AnotheralternativewouldbetousePerltoautomatetheSCP.Youcoulddothiswiththefollowingexample

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#!/usr/bin/perlw

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my$host="host.ssh.com"
my%args=(
user=>'your_user_name,
password=>'your_password',
debug=>'true'
)

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my$sftp=Net::SFTP>new($host,%args)
$sftp>get("/home/user/something.txt","/home/user/hey.txt")
$sftp>put("bar","baz")

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WrittenbyGueston2004100714:22:05

Ihavefollowedtheexampleshere,butstillcannotgetthepasswordtoenter...triedexpectasnotedaboveandthefull
stringreturnedtothescriptandneitherworks...anyideas??
WrittenbyGueston2004100807:41:30

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didyouincludethenewlinecharacter\nattheendofthepassword

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WrittenbyGueston2004102012:56:02

Ihaveaworkingexpectscriptforsftpanditworksfineunlessthereisanunexpectedresponseorerrorcondition.Ihave
notbeenabletodeterminehowtohandlethemanyexceptionconditionsthatmayoccur.Isthereagoodsourceforthis
typeofinformation?
Super!

WrittenbyGueston2004112814:43:28

itworksfine!
Idon'tgetpasswordprompt

WrittenbyGueston2005041520:50:39

WhenIrunsftpwithboptionitdoesnotseemtoallowinteractivepasswordentryatallsoexpectcannothelpme.Isthere
aworkaroundforthistoforceittopromptforthepasswordwheninbatchmode?
WrittenbyGueston2005072012:15:32

unixshellscriptforsftp...

WrittenbyGueston2005082602:20:56

Itsworkingfineinlinux...butwhenitriedtoexecuteinunix..Iamunabletofind"send,spawn,expect"utilityfiles...Isthere
anyotheralternativetosuppressinteractivepasswordduringtheexecutionofscript?...helpmeoutin
unixshellscript...
Installexpectonunix

WrittenbyGueston2005082607:10:31

expectisnotinstalledbydefault.Downloadtheprogramandinstallitontheunixmachine
WrittenbyGueston2008123000:44:09

Ibelieveitsnotworking
expectdoesnottranferentirefile
WrittenbyGueston2009030413:42:40

expectscriptdoesnottranferentirefile...hasanyonecomeaccrossthissituation
filenotfound

WrittenbyGueston2009030701:42:40

Whatiffileisnotfoundonthefileserverandwegeta"Filenotfound"message.howcanwehandlethissituation?
Paul

WrittenbyGueston2009092817:37:14

thanksforthistipIwasbeginningtogetfrustratedbecauseIcouldnotfindaneasyPHPwaytoretrievethefilesIneeded.
Thisinacronjobdoesmiracles!
Nicethanks.

WrittenbyGueston2009112318:43:48

CouldnotgetperlversionworkingduetomissingMath: ari(whichwastoocomplicatedformetofigureoutwithmy
limitedperlexperience).

expecthoweverwasalreadyinstalledonmyservers(AIX)andworkedwell.

Laterversionsofsftpdon'tdopasswordpromptingwhenbflagisgiven,hencethereasonIwassearchingforasolution.
Instead,getridofthebatchfileandsendthecommandsviaexpect/sendinstead.

spawnsftpuser@host
expect"password:"
send"nottelling\n"
expect"sftp>"
send"lcd/xxx\n"
expect"sftp>"
send"cd/yyy\n"
expect"sftp>"
send"ls\n"
expect"sftp>"
send"mget*\n"
expect"sftp>"
send"quit\n"
send_user"\ndone.\n"
Thankyou

WrittenbyGueston2010021819:16:02

Thenewconnectionwiththebelowdoesnotworkandperldoesnotcomplain.

However,stuffinginto%argsasdescribedaboveworkedfine.Thanks

my$sftp=Net::SFTP>new($sftpHost,$sftpUser,$sftpPass)orprint"Cannotconnectto$sftpHost:$@"
AQuestion

WrittenbyGueston2010032610:32:37

Ifweexecutethisscriptsimultaneouslybytwousersinthesameserver,erroriscoming.whattodo
hello

WrittenbyGueston2010032610:33:55

canigetasolution
worksnow!

WrittenbyGueston2010042804:58:44

Cheersguysveryusefulinfo.
Igotanissuewheremybatchfilewouldn'tgetprocessedifcalledfromascheduledjobalthoughrunningfromcommand
promptdidthetrick!chuckingthebatchfilerouteandusingindividualcommandsworkinglikeatreat!
haldletheretruncodes

WrittenbyGueston2010052004:09:03

insftphowtohandletheerrorcodes
Notabletoinstallsupprtmodules..plz
WrittenbyGueston2010070609:49:54

SFTPpbmiskeeponaskingmetoinstallsomemodules..likecrypt.butwasnotinstallingproperly.plzletmeknowwhat
arethesupportmodulesIneedtohavforSFTPandtheirlinksifpossible

Thankyou
Sri
Workswell

WrittenbyGueston2010072708:07:41

Trieditanditseemstoworkwell,thanks!FoundthisarticlefromGoogle
ThanksChad

WrittenbyGueston2010072809:11:58

Wowaftermonthsofonandoffsearching,yourexpectscriptworksbeautifully!!Iwastryinglftpetc..andcouldn'tgetitto
work.Thanksman!
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