A script to pass password to SSH Rsync session, without using SSH Keys. NOTE: this is not a wise solution but useful in certain situations. Usage example 1: "./rsync-app.sh B" will spawn the Rsync in the second block, "./rsync-app.sh ABC" will run all three.

rsync-app.sh

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

set MachineName "Macintosh HD"
set MachineUserProfile "computerprofile"
set ProjectPath "htdocs/yourlocalprojectname"

set RemoteLogin "[email protected]"
set RemoteProjectPath "/htdocs/myproject"

set PASSPH "theSSHpassword"

send_user "\n"
stty -echo

if { [lindex $argv 0] == "A" || [lindex $argv 0] == "ABC" } {
  spawn rsync -aihv --exclude '.git' --exclude '.DS_Store' -e ssh "/Volumes/$MachineName/Users/$MachineUserProfile/$ProjectPath/htdocs/application/layouts/" "$RemoteLogin:$RemoteProjectPath/htdocs/application/layouts/"
	expect "password:"
	send "$PASSPH\n"
	expect "#"
}
if { [lindex $argv 0] == "B" || [lindex $argv 0] == "ABC"} {
	spawn rsync -aihv --exclude '.git' --exclude '.DS_Store' -e ssh "/Volumes/$MachineName/Users/$MachineUserProfile/$ProjectPath/htdocs/application/controllers/" "$RemoteLogin:$RemoteProjectPath/htdocs/application/controllers/"
	expect "password:"
	send "$PASSPH\n"
	expect "#"
}

if { [lindex $argv 0] == "C" || [lindex $argv 0] == "ABC"} {
	spawn rsync -aihv --exclude '.git' --exclude '.DS_Store' -e ssh "/Volumes/$MachineName/Users/$MachineUserProfile/$ProjectPath/htdocs/application/views/" "$RemoteLogin:$RemoteProjectPath/htdocs/application/views/"
	expect "password:"
	send "$PASSPH\n"
	expect "#"
}