How to handle password prompt when doing scp file transfer.

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Hi Team,

How to handle password prompt when doing scp file transfer. Actually target scp server is generating banner message along with password prompt. Please help how to resolve the issue.

  • name: transfer the image
    ios_command:
    commands:
  • command: ‘copy scp://{{ ansible_user }}@{{ ip_address }}/{{ new_system_image }} flash:’
    prompt:
  • ‘Destination filename [{{ new_system_image }}]’
  • ‘Password’
    answer:
  • “\r”
  • “{{ password }}”
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try sshpass ?