{
"name": "scp",
"description": "Copies files or directories between hosts on a network",
"options": [
{
"names": [
"-3"
],
"description": "Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the local\nhost. Without this option the data is copied directly between the\ntwo remote hosts. Note that this option disables the progress\nmete"
},
{
"names": [
"-4"
],
"description": "Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses only"
},
{
"names": [
"-6"
],
"description": "Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses only"
},
{
"names": [
"-A"
],
"description": "Allows forwarding of ssh-agent(1) to the remote system. The default is not to forward an authentication agent"
},
{
"names": [
"-B"
],
"description": "Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases)"
},
{
"names": [
"-C"
],
"description": "Compression enable. Passes the -C flag to ssh(1) to enable compression"
},
{
"names": [
"-c"
],
"description": "Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed to ssh(1)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "cipher",
"description": "The selected cipher specification"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-F"
],
"description": "Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for ssh. This option is directly passed to ssh(1)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "ssh_config",
"description": "The selected ssh config"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-i"
],
"description": "Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read. This option is directly passed to ssh(1)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "identity_file",
"description": "Specified identity file"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-J"
],
"description": "Connect to the target host by first making an scp connection to the\njump host described by destination and then establishing a TCP\nforwarding to the ultimate destination from there. Multiple jump\nhop",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "destination",
"description": "Scp destination"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-l"
],
"description": "Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "limit",
"description": "Limit bandwidth in Kbit/s"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-o"
],
"description": "Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in\nssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying options for which\nthere is no separate scp command-line flag. For full details of\nthe options li",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "option",
"suggestions": [
"AddressFamily",
"BatchMode",
"BindAddress",
"ChallengeResponseAuthentication",
"CheckHostIP",
"Cipher",
"Ciphers",
"ClearAllForwardings",
"Compression",
"CompressionLevel",
"ConnectionAttempts",
"ConnectTimeout",
"ControlMaster",
"ControlPath",
"ControlPersist",
"DynamicForward",
"EscapeChar",
"ExitOnForwardFailure",
"ForwardAgent",
"ForwardX11",
"ForwardX11Timeout",
"ForwardX11Trusted",
"GatewayPorts",
"GlobalKnownHostsFile",
"GSSAPIAuthentication",
"GSSAPIDelegateCredentials",
"HashKnownHosts",
"Host",
"HostbasedAuthentication",
"HostKeyAlgorithms",
"HostKeyAlias",
"HostName",
"IdentityFile",
"IdentitiesOnly",
"IPQoS",
"KbdInteractiveAuthentication",
"KbdInteractiveDevices",
"KexAlgorithms",
"LocalCommand",
"LocalForward",
"LogLevel",
"MACs",
"NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost",
"NumberOfPasswordPrompts",
"PasswordAuthentication",
"PermitLocalCommand",
"PKCS11Provider",
"Port",
"PreferredAuthentications",
"Protocol",
"ProxyCommand",
"PubkeyAuthentication",
"RekeyLimit",
"RequestTTY",
"RhostsRSAAuthentication",
"RSAAuthentication",
"SendEnv",
"ServerAliveInterval",
"ServerAliveCountMax",
"StrictHostKeyChecking",
"TCPKeepAlive",
"Tunnel",
"TunnelDevice",
"UsePrivilegedPort",
"User",
"UserKnownHostsFile",
"VerifyHostKeyDNS",
"VisualHostKey",
"XAuthLocation"
]
}
},
{
"names": [
"-P"
],
"description": "Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that\nthis option is written with a capital ‘P’, because -p is already\nreserved for preserving the times and modes of the file",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "port"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-p"
],
"description": "Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file"
},
{
"names": [
"-q"
],
"description": "Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic messages from ssh(1)"
},
{
"names": [
"-r"
],
"description": "Recursively copy entire directories. Note that scp follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal"
},
{
"names": [
"-S"
],
"description": "Name of program to use for the encrypted connection. The program must understand ssh(1) options",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "program"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-T"
],
"description": "Disable strict filename checking. By default when copying files\nfrom a remote host to a local directory scp checks that the\nreceived filenames match those requested on the command-line to\nprevent the"
},
{
"names": [
"-v"
],
"description": "Verbose mode. Causes scp and ssh(1) to print debugging messages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems"
}
],
"args": [
{
"name": "sources",
"description": "File or directory, local or remote ([user@]host:[path])",
"is_variadic": true
},
{
"name": "target",
"description": "File or directory, local or remote ([user@]host:[path])"
}
]
}