scpHow to SCP to multiple hosts?

SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) is a secure way to transfer files between two hosts. To SCP to multiple hosts, you can use a bash script with a for loop.

#!/bin/bash

for host in host1 host2 host3
do
  scp file.txt user@$host:/home/user/
done

This will copy the file.txt to the /home/user/ directory of each host.

Parts of the code:

• #!/bin/bash - This is the shebang line which tells the system which interpreter to use.
• for host in host1 host2 host3 - This is the for loop which will iterate over the list of hosts.
• scp file.txt user@$host:/home/user/ - This is the scp command which will copy the file.txt to the /home/user/ directory of each host.

Helpful links

• SCP Command Tutorial
• Bash For Loop Tutorial

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