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sshpass

brew install sshpass v1.10 GPL-2.0-only

Command-line tool to supply SSH password non-interactively without prompting.

Why you might care

Automates SSH logins when public-key auth isn't available or practical, enabling scripted remote commands and file transfers. Useful for one-off connections to legacy systems or in automation pipelines where key exchange is impractical, though SSH keys remain the preferred approach for security.

Categories

ssh networking

Alternatives

ssh-keygen expect ansible
9.1k
30-day installs · #377
30.2k
90-day · #392
69.9k
365-day · #539

Links

Caveats

Sshpass is a tool for non-interactively performing password authentication
with SSH's so called "interactive keyboard password authentication".
Most users should use SSH's more secure public key authentication instead.

See `man sshpass` for more information.

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