How to execute WinSCP commands from a batch file

Question

I wanna know if there is a way to run WinSCP commands like open sftp..., from a batch file, without having to enter commands after WinSCP opens up.

Here's what I wanna happen:

1. I create a batch file (say demo.bat) that opens WinSCP command-line.
2. I insert WinSCP commands (open, get, put, etc.) in demo.bat.
3. The batch file demo.bat opens up WinSCP command-line and executes the commands (get, put, etc.) automatically.

Answer 1

Use /command or /script command-line switches.

There's a guide to automating file transfers to SFTP server with WinSCP.

A simple batch file using /command switch is like:

WinSCP.com ^
  /log="C:\writable\path\to\log\WinSCP.log" /ini=nul ^
  /command ^
    "open sftp://username:password@example.com/" ^
    "put C:\local\path\file.txt /remote/path/" ^
    "exit"

And WinSCP GUI can actually even generate the batch file for you: