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scp /home/pete/Downloads/sketchup-2014.exe pete@europa:/home/pete/Downloads

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SCP examples:

Copy file from a remote host to local host SCP example:

scp username@from_host:file.txt /local/directory/

Copy file from local host to a remote host SCP example:

scp file.txt username@to_host:/remote/directory/

Copy directory from a remote host to local host SCP example:

scp -r username@from_host:/remote/directory/  /local/directory/

Copy directory from local host to a remote hos SCP example:

scp -r /local/directory/ username@to_host:/remote/directory/

Copy file from remote host to remote host SCP example:

scp username@from_host:/remote/directory/file.txt username@to_host:/remote/directory/

Notes:

— SCP example:  scp -r  root@123.123.123.123:/var/www/html/ /home/hydn/backups/test/ Also see: Backup solutions.

— Host can be IP or domain name. Once you click return, you will be prompted for SSH password.

— Although this page covers SCP Linux, the instructions will also work for Mac using “Terminal”. You can also use WinSCP to accomplish this on a Windows PC/server.

— When copying a source file to a target file which already exists, scp will replace the contents of the target file. So be careful.

SCP example
Screenshot: output of “man scp” command.

SCP options:

–r Recursively copy entire directories. Note that this follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.

-C Compression enable. Passes the -C flag to ssh to enable compression.

-l limit – Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

-o ssh_option – Can be used to pass options to ssh in the format used in ssh_config.

-P port – Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a capital ‘P’.

-p Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the original file.

-q Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and diagnostic messages from ssh.

-v Verbose mode. Print debugging messages about progress. This is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems.