scp wont allow wildcards

[Bengt-Arne Fjellner]

On 10/11/11 11:41 AM, zzapper wrote:
>> rcp root@111.111.111.111:/var/html/www/scripts/*.php .
>>
>> reports  "no Matches"
>>
>> I guess it's a setting on the remote server in .rhosts etc please advise
>
> drat I meant scp
Try escaping the *

either

scp "root@111.111.111.111:/var/html/www/scripts/*.php" .

or

scp root@111.111.111.111:/var/html/www/scripts/\*.php .





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