sftp how to deal with space in path to dir?

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

OK I am trying to use something similar to this:

#!/bin/sh
  echo "OK, starting now..."
  sftp -b /dev/fd/0 user@remotehost <<EOF
  cd pub
  ascii
  put filename.txt
  bye
  EOF

only difference is the dir I need to cd to has a space in it like this

/Import/Server/Prospect File

, how do I deal with that?

Also I understand how to use ssh-keygen to generate a key pair and send them my public key. And if I was using scp I would use the -i option to direct scp to use the private id file on my end, but how do I do that with sftp? I have maned sftp and I don't see an option for designating an id file to use like "-i" in scp?

2

double quotes worked for me:

cd "dir with spaces"

3

yep worked for me, I should have tried that before I asked..

Sorry for the dumb question, but thanks for the help!

Now I just have to figure out how to direct it to use a private key???

4

OK figured it out you just have to use the -o like this:
sftp -o IdentityFile=${IdFile} -b ${BatchFile} user@server