--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/kcl/sudo_scp.py	Mon Feb 06 01:10:22 2017 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+scp with sudo and magic
+"""
+
+# imports
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from run_cmd import call
+from run_cmd import print_command
+
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """CLI"""
+
+    # parse command line
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument('src')
+    parser.add_argument('dest')
+    parser.add_argument('host', nargs='*',
+                        help="hosts to copy to, or stdin if omitted")
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--user', dest='user',
+                        help="what user should own this file?")
+    parser.add_argument('--dry-run', dest='dry_run',
+                        action='store_true', default=False,
+                        help="don't actually do anything; just print what would be done")
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    # sanity
+    if not os.path.exists(options.src):
+        parser.error("'{}' does not exist".format(options.src))
+
+    if options.dry_run:
+        call = print_command
+    else:
+        call = globals()['call']
+
+    basename = os.path.basename(options.src)
+
+    TMPDIR = '/tmp'
+
+    tmpdest = os.path.join(TMPDIR, basename)
+
+    hosts = options.host or sys.stdin.read().strip().split()
+
+
+    # copy to all hosts
+    for host in hosts:
+        call(['scp', options.src, '{host}:{dest}'.format(host=host, dest=tmpdest)],
+             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        call(['ssh', host, "sudo mv {tmpdest} {dest}".format(tmpdest=tmpdest, dest=options.dest)],
+         stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        if options.user:
+            call(['ssh', host, "sudo chown {user} {dest}".format(user=options.user, dest=options.dest)],
+                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        call(['ssh', host, "sudo chmod a+x {dest}".format(dest=options.dest)],
+             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        call(['ssh', host, "sudo chmod a+r {dest}".format(dest=options.dest)],
+             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()