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I use this script to scp files as root to the distant server, so that I don't need to type "root@"

eg : arnaud@local:~$./scp file srv:/root

 

#!/bin/bash

 

# we check the last argument

if [ `echo ${!#} | grep ":"` ] ; then

        # we pop $@

        # sed s,a,b is same as sed s/a/b

        # but no need to escape / :-)

        list=$(echo $@ | sed s,\ ${!#},,)

        scp -r $list root@${!#}

else

        # we unshift $@

        list=$(echo $@ | sed s,$1\ ,,)

        scp -r root@$1 $list

fi