Create a text files from the output of find command and send the text file to a remote server using SFTP

Question

I have a find command that gives the list of files that are older than 5 days, i can tee it into a text file.

find . -type f -mtime +5 -ls | tee $dir/new.txt

Now i want to send this text file to a remote server into a dir. How do i do that.

Kusalananda · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-02 09:23:44Z

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I got what i wanted using this:

find  . -type f -mtime +5 -ls | ssh remoteuser@remoteserver "cat >> $dir/new1.txt"

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