NAME

       pscp - command-line SCP (secure copy) / SFTP client

SYNOPSIS

       pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
       pscp [options] source [source...] [user@]host:target
       pscp [options] -ls [user@]host:filespec

DESCRIPTION

       pscp  is  a  command-line  client  for  the  SSH-based  SCP  (secure copy) and SFTP (secure file transfer
       protocol) protocols.

OPTIONS

       The command-line options supported by pscp are:

       -V     Show version information and exit.

       -pgpfp Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys and exit, to  aid  in  verifying  new  files
              released by the PuTTY team.

       -ls    Remote directory listing.

       -p     Preserve file attributes.

       -q     Quiet, don't show statistics.

       -r     Copy directories recursively.

       -unsafe
              Allow server-side wildcards (DANGEROUS).

       -v     Show verbose messages.

       -load session
              Load settings from saved session.

       -P port
              Connect to port port.

       -proxycmd command
              Instead  of making a TCP connection, use command as a proxy; network traffic will be redirected to
              the standard input and output of command. command must be a single word,  so  is  likely  to  need
              quoting by the shell.

              The  special  strings  %host and %port in command will be replaced by the hostname and port number
              you want to connect to; to get a literal % sign, enter %%.

              Backslash escapes are also supported, such as sequences  like  \n  being  replaced  by  a  literal
              newline; to get a literal backslash, enter \\. (Further escaping may be required by the shell.)

              (See  the  main  PuTTY manual for full details of the supported %- and backslash-delimited tokens,
              although most of them are probably not very useful in this context.)

       -l user
              Set remote username to user.

       -batch Disable interactive prompts.

       -no-sanitise-stderr
              By default, PSCP will filter control characters from the standard error channel from  the  server,
              to  prevent  remote  processes sending confusing escape sequences. This option forces the standard
              error channel to not be filtered.

       -pw password
              Set remote password to password. CAUTION: this will likely make  the  password  visible  to  other
              users of the local machine (via commands such as `w').

       -1     Force use of SSH protocol version 1.

       -2     Force use of SSH protocol version 2.

       -4, -6 Force use of IPv4 or IPv6 for network connections.

       -C     Enable SSH compression.

       -i keyfile
              Private  key  file  for  user authentication. For SSH-2 keys, this key file must be in PuTTY's PPK
              format, not OpenSSH's format or anyone else's.

              If you are using an authentication agent, you can also specify a public key here (in RFC  4716  or
              OpenSSH format), to identify which of the agent's keys to use.

       -noagent
              Don't try to use an authentication agent.

       -agent Allow  use  of  an authentication agent. (This option is only necessary to override a setting in a
              saved session.)

       -hostkey key
              Specify an acceptable host public key. This option may be specified multiple times; each  key  can
              be either a fingerprint (99:aa:bb:...) or a base64-encoded blob in OpenSSH's one-line format.

              Specifying  this  option overrides automated host key management; only the key(s) specified on the
              command-line will be accepted (unless a saved session also overrides  host  keys,  in  which  case
              those will be added to), and the host key cache will not be written.

       -scp   Force use of SCP protocol.

       -sftp  Force use of SFTP protocol.

       -sshlog logfile

       -sshrawlog logfile
              These  options make pscp log protocol details to a file. (Some of these may be sensitive, although
              by default an effort is made to suppress obvious passwords.)

              -sshlog logs decoded SSH packets  and  other  events  (those  that  -v  would  print).  -sshrawlog
              additionally logs the raw encrypted packet data.

MORE INFORMATION

       For more information on pscp it's probably best to go and look at the manual on the PuTTY web page:

       https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

BUGS

       This man page isn't terribly complete. See the above web link for better documentation.