On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:48 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> >> So, my manager, in zsh, can do the following: >> scp -i =(ssh -qnx <snip> cat /etc/ks/ks_dsa) localfile server:/whereitgoes >> > > I think you missed what I was asking, altogether. I want to do the same > thing in bash.... > I think you'll have to drop the key in a tmp file yourself. Poking around with strace a bit it looks like that is what zsh actually does while bash gives what is essentially a named pipe where scp or ssh will attempt a seek (???) and then fail to read. The subsequent prompt for a passphrase in nonsense - it has already given up and closed it by then. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com