Copy files to, from, or between different hosts using Secure Copy (scp)

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Examples:

Copy the file “foobar.txt” from a remote host to the local host:

Copy the file “foobar.txt” from the local host to a remote host:

Copy the directory “foo” from the local host to a remote host’s directory “bar”:

Copy the file “foobar.txt” from remote host “rh1.edu” to remote host “rh2.edu”:

Copying the files “foo.txt” & “bar.txt” from the local host to your home directory on the remote host:

See more scp examples:

• http://www.hypexr.org/linux_scp_help.php
• Linux manual page (man-page) for scp