Question

I need to use scp update some directory at another server. It is similar to

for i in /usr/some/???/unknown/dir
do
cp /usr/some/file $i
done

so how can i do the search while the destination directories are on other server?

thank you

Answer 1

for i in `ssh user@otherhost find /usr/some -type d -name dir`
do
  scp user@otherhost:/usr/some/dir/$i .
done

the find is what you’re looking for I guess…