diff --git a/seqs/ssh.sh b/seqs/ssh.sh
index 7658f4c..dda7b00 100755
--- a/seqs/ssh.sh
+++ b/seqs/ssh.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ step_5() {
   local sshPort=22
 
   if [ -z "$2" ] || [ "$2" == "" ] ; then
-    echo " [E] Host not provided."
+    echoerr " [E] Host not provided."
     return 1
   fi
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ step_10() {
 # Parse a list to transfer files and/or execute commands on one or different hosts
 #
 # List format
-# <COMMAND h,f,u>|<STRING>|[STRING2]
+# <COMMAND h,f,u>|<STRING>|[STRING2]|[OPTIONS]
 #   COMMAND   h|H|host   - Change user@host:port for the following ssh/scp commands
 #             f|F|file   - Source- and destination file path combination
 #             u|U|update - Execute command on the remote host
@@ -77,15 +77,19 @@ step_10() {
 #   STRING2   h - port
 #             f - destination file path
 #             u - not used
+#   
+#   OPTIONS   h - not used
+#             f - Options passed to scp
+#             u - not used
 #
 parseList() {
   local errorMsg=""
 
   if [ -z "$1" ] || [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
     if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" == "" ] ; then
-      echo " [E] No Command list found"
+      echoerr " [E] No Command list found"
     else
-      echo " [E] Command list not found: $1"
+      echoerr " [E] Command list not found: $1"
     fi
     if [ ! -z "$1" ] && [ $DRY == 0 ] && [ $QUIET == 0 ] ; then
       read -p "     Create template there y/[n]? " answer
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ parseList() {
   local line=1
   # Working loop without ssh "stealing standard input" by
   # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24260/reading-lines-from-a-file-with-bash-for-vs-while
-  while IFS='|' read -r lcmd lsrc ldst <&3; do
+  while IFS='|' read -r lcmd lsrc ldst lopt<&3; do
     case "$lcmd" in
       h|H|host)
         if [ -z "$lsrc" ] || [ "$lsrc" == "" ]; then
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@ parseList() {
           errorMsg="No host found"
           saveReturn 1
         else 
-          exe scp -p $aPort $lsrc ${aHost}:$ldst
+          exe scp $lopt -P $aPort $lsrc ${aHost}:$ldst
           saveReturn $?
           errorMsg="scp to $aHost failed with $?"
         fi
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ parseList() {
     esac
     getReturn
     if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-      echo -e " [E] $line:$errorMsg"
+      echoerr -e " [E] $line:$errorMsg"
       if [ $QUIET -eq 0 ] ; then
         endReturn -f "Stop on first error"
       fi
@@ -169,7 +173,8 @@ f|/sourcedir/sourcefile|/destdir/destfile
 # host and port are changed for the following lines
 h|user@host2|port2
 f|/sourcedir/sourcefile|/destdir/destfile
-f|/sourcedir/sourcefile|/destdir/destfile
+# copy source recursively
+f|/sourcedir/sourcefile/dir|/destdir/destfile|-r
 u|/destdir/updatescript.sh
 # host is changed and port set to default 22 for the following lines
 h|user@host