qscp

#!/bin/bash
# qscp - quick-scp
# Script to help copying a file via scp from one server to another
# input: qscp PATH [DESTINATION_SERVER] [SOURCE_SERVER]
# Parameters:
#  PATH: path to a file or directory
# optional:
#  DESTINATION_SERVER: change from the default destination server set in .qscprc
#  SOURCE_SERVER:  change from the default source server (which is local file/localhost)
# Additional settings:
#  KEY: ssh key to use

DESTINATION=
SOURCE=
KEY=~/.ssh/id_rsa
EXE=/usr/bin/scp
# Q_PATH - what to quick-scp
Q_PATH=$1
if [ -z $Q_PATH ]; then
    echo "Usage: qscp PATH [DESTINATION_SERVER] [SOURCE_SERVER]"
    exit
else
    if [ -d $Q_PATH ]; then
      EXE="$EXE -r"
    elif [ -f $Q_PATH ]; then
        EXE="$EXE"
    else
      echo "qscp: file does not exist."
      exit 1
    fi
    Q_PATH=$(readlink -f $Q_PATH)
fi
if [ ! -z $2 ]; then
  DESTINATION_SERVER="$2:"
else
  DESTINATION_SERVER="$DESTINATION:"
fi
if [ -z $3 ]; then
  SOURCE_SERVER="$SOURCE:"
else
  SOURCE_SERVER="$3:"
fi
if [ -z $4 ]; then
    SSH_KEY=$KEY
else
  if [ -f $4 ]; then
    SSH_KEY=$4;
  else 
    SSH_KEY=$KEY
  fi
fi
EXE="$EXE -i $SSH_KEY"
EXECUTE_STR="$EXE $SOURCE_SERVER$Q_PATH $DESTINATION_SERVER$Q_PATH"
echo "Copying: " $EXECUTE_STR
eval "$EXECUTE_STR"