#!/bin/bash while read host path;do { echo "cd $path" sftp -v -P 19362 -i .slurp-key "slurp@$host" <<< "cd $path"$'\n'"ls -1" | sed 1,2d | while read filename;do if [[ -e "$filename" ]];then echo "skipping $filename" >&2 else echo "getting $filename" >&2 echo "get -p $filename ${filename/jpg/jpeg}" fi done } | sftp -v -P 19362 -i .slurp-key "slurp@$host" done < .slurp-hosts