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rsync_dir.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# A quick command to copy sensitive files from development machine to server without involvement of GitHub:
+
+# Read the servers from the file into an array:
+mapfile -t SERVERS < servers.txt
+
+# Display the numbered list of server options:
+echo "Please select a server:"
+for i in "${!SERVERS[@]}"; do
+    echo "$((i + 1)). ${SERVERS[i]}"
+done
+
+# Prompt the user for their selection
+read -rp "Select a server by the number ... : " SELECTION
+
+# Validate the selection
+if [[ $SELECTION -gt 0 && $SELECTION -le ${#SERVERS[@]} ]]; then
+
+    # Note down the selection in a variable:
+    SELECTED_SERVER=${SERVERS[$((SELECTION - 1))]}
+
+    # Ask the user which directory he wants to upload and his username on the server:
+    read -rp "Your username on the server ..... : " USER
+    read -rp "Directory to send ............... : " SOURCE
+
+    # Run the rsync command:
+    PROJECT_DIRECTORY=$(basename "$PWD")
+    DESTINATION="$USER@$SELECTED_SERVER://home/$USER/programming/python/$PROJECT_DIRECTORY"
+    echo "Trying to send '$SOURCE' to '$DESTINATION'"
+    rsync -avz --mkpath --progress -e "ssh -p 19991" "$SOURCE" "$DESTINATION"
+
+    # Exit with success (assuming that the actual data sending went well):
+    exit 0
+
+else
+
+    # In case of a wrong server selection, exit with failure.
+    echo "Invalid selection. Please run the script again."
+    exit 1
+
+fi