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Cygwin scp command read as incomplete

I am trying to copy a file from a remote server to my local Windows machine using Cygwin. Here the command I am using:

userMe$ scp [email protected]:~/Desktop/O'Bryan/file.csv  ~/

On enter, the system returns a pipe:

userMe$ scp [email protected]:~/Desktop/O'Bryan/file.csv  ~/
>

What is happening?

Solution

  • The apostrophe in "O'Bryan" opened a string and the command is waiting for the closing quote. You can escape it (\') to avoid this from happening.