Any command to delete files from source dir after SFTP copy

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,

I am currently using SFTP 'put' command to copy all files to remote server and then delete the copied files from source directory.

Can anyone help me with a single command to copy and remove files in one go?

Thanks and Regards,
Chetan Vyas

2

While sftp'ing !command helps to run command in the local machine. So try if the below one works or post the sftp command your using, to get an idea..

sftp ${USR}@${DEST_HOST} << EOF
mput *.txt
!rm *.txt
EOF
3

Yeah, I need to do the same operation but with 1 command if possible.

4

Can you post your script..?

5 
#filename=XXGT_IN*.txt
#src_dir=/dgltyi/applmgr/1200/xxgt/12.0.0/ftp/bacs
#dest_dir=insphire
filename=$5
src_dir=$6
dest_dir=$7
echo "File Name: " $filename 
src_dir=`eval echo "$6"`
echo "Source Dir: " $src_dir
dest_dir=`eval echo "$7"`
echo "Destination Dir: " $dest_dir
current_path=$(pwd)
echo "Current Directory is " $current_path
#************To check if source directory is present or not*******************
if [ ! -d "${src_dir}" ]
then
echo 'Source directory Not found' 
exit 1
fi
#*****************************************************************************
#************To check for read permissions on source directory ***************
if [ ! -r ${src_dir} ]
then
echo "Read access permission denied on Source Directory"
exit 1
fi
#*****************************************************************************
#************To check for write permissions on source directory **************
if [ ! -w ${src_dir} ]
then
echo "Write access permission denied on Source Directory"
exit 1
fi
#*****************************************************************************
#************To check for execute permissions on source directory ************
if [ ! -x ${src_dir} ]
then
echo "Execute access permission denied on Source Directory"
exit 1
fi
#*****************************************************************************
#************To change current directory to source directory******************
cd $src_dir
current_path=$(pwd)
echo "After CD In " $current_path

#*****************************************************************************
#Check for filenames matching the filname parameter and count all of them*****
files=`ls $filename | wc -l`
echo "There are $files matching file(s)" 
echo $filename
#*****************************************************************************
#Check if there are any matching files in the source directory, else EXIT****
if [ $files -eq 0 ]
then
echo "No files found"
exit 1
fi
sftp -oPort=22 i_glty@62.189.173.39<<EOF
cd $dest_dir
put $filename
bye
EOF
echo "Successfully moved " $filename
#mv $filename $filename_archived
#echo "All transferrred files are archived"
current_path=$(pwd)
echo "In " $current_path
echo "Script finished"
exit 0
6

Ok. Then check for sftp command's -b option. It helps you to place all your commands in a file and use the file with -b option

# sample file
$>cat Sftp.bat
pwd
!ls -ltr

$>sftp -b Sftp.bat username@host