How to gzip a directory, transfer via scp, and decompress in one command

command linegziprsyncscp

I frequently transfer large directories over scp and it would be sweet if I could somehow compress the directory, send it, and decompress it all in one.

Is something like this possible?

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How about using rsync instead with the -z option enabled for compression?

rsync -az --progress source_dir/* remote_host:/destination_dir

This also has the added benefit that if the file already exists and has not changed on the destination, it will not be transferred.

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Use tar:

tar cvzf - -T list_of_filenames | ssh hostname tar xzf -

Scp over a proxy with one command from local machine

You can do this with ProxyJump. put this in your ~/.ssh/config file (creating the file if it does not exist):

Host target.machine
User targetuser
HostName target.machine
ProxyJump proxyuser@proxy.machine

After saving the file, you can just use

ssh target.machine

any time you want to connect. Scp also will work as it also respects the ssh config file. So will Nautilus, if you're using GNOME and want to use a GUI.

Old Answer (for older versions of OpenSSH)

Host target.machine
User targetuser
HostName target.machine
ProxyCommand ssh proxyuser@proxy.machine nc %h %p 2> /dev/null

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