lawlRedneck

The situation: I need to move files from one server to another using only the OpenSSH tools. All authentication/authorization is done via public key handshakes.

The restrictions: I cannot use expect or any other scripting language beyond shell scripts.

The goal: To minimize the number of characters I need to type and provide a platform for our batch guy to build on for the automated transfers.

And without further ado, have at thee. (Note: I did remove username, sftp connection string, and the root paths from my script to eliminate identification)

#!/bin/bash
######################################################
###### Utility script for Pushing/Pulling files ######
###### from the enterprise sftp solution. ############
######################################################

##################################################
############# SETTING THE VARIABLES ##############
##################################################

TYPE=$1
FILENAME=$2

USER=”"
SFTP=”"
BASEPATH=”"

SFTPPATH=$BASEPATH
LOCALPATH=`pwd`

MAX=$#
ARGS=(“$@”)

for ((COUNT=2; COUNT < MAX; COUNT++))
do
 if [ ${ARGS[$COUNT]} == “-s” ];then
      SFTPPATH=$SFTPPATH/${ARGS[$COUNT+1]}
      COUNT=$COUNT+1
 
 elif [ ${ARGS[$COUNT]} == “-l” ];then
      LOCALPATH=${ARGS[$COUNT+1]}
      COUNT=$COUNT+1 
 fi
done

##################################################
########### COPY FROM THE SFTP SERVER ############
##################################################

if [ $TYPE == "GET" ]; then
     scp $USER@$SFTP:$SFTPPATH/$FILENAME $LOCALPATH/$FILENAME

##################################################
############ COPY TO THE SFTP SERVER #############
##################################################

elif [ $TYPE == "PUT" ]; then
     scp $LOCALPATH/$FILENAME $USER@$SFTP:$SFTPPATH/$FILENAME

##################################################
########## DELETE FROM THE SFTP SERVER ###########
##################################################

elif [ $TYPE == "DEL" ]; then
     sftp -b /dev/stdin $USER@$SFTP <<INP
     cd $SFTPPATH
     rm $FILENAME
     ls
     bye
INP

##################################################
############### SCRIPT ARGS HELP #################
##################################################

elif [ $TYPE == "-h" ]; then
     echo “  sftp_util syntax is:”
     echo “  ./sftp_util.sh <GET|PUT|DEL|-h> <FileName> [-s] [-l]”
     echo “  GET GET is used to retrieve a file from the remote server.”
     echo “  PUT PUT is used to place a file on the remote server.”
     echo “  DEL DEL is used to delete a file from the remote server.”
     echo “  -h -h is used to print this help menu.”
     echo “  -s -s <sftp server path of/to file, do not include a leading ‘/’ (ex. test/test2)>”
     echo “  -l -l <sftp server path of/to file>”
 
else
     echo “Please use ./sftp_util.sh -h for help”
fi

Usage goes a little something like this:

server1$> ./sftp_util.sh PUT file -s test/empty_dir -l /home/user

server2$> ./sftp_util.sh GET file -s test/empty_dir -l /here

server2$ ./sftp_util.sh DEL file -s test/empty_dir

Nothing overly fancy, just a quick little script to save me time and have a bit of fun on a slow work day.