Frequently Asked Questions About Linux / UNIX » colon http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq Every answer asks a more beautiful question. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Linux / UNIX: scp / rsync File Name With colon (:) In Ithttp://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rsync-scp-file-name-with-colon-punctuation-in-it/ http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rsync-scp-file-name-with-colon-punctuation-in-it/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:11:35 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=10017 How do I copy a file with Colon (punctuation) name in it. When I type the following command to copy "file:name.txt" to a remote host called server1:
scp file:name.txt user@server1:/path
I get the following error:
ssh: Could not resolve hostname s: Name or service not known
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