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File Transfer with scp

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Summary

Copies a file to a remote host securely over SSH using valid SSH credentials.

Walkthrough

Use scp to copy files over an existing SSH connection when you have valid credentials on the target.

Steps

  • Specify the local source file followed by <USER>@<IP>: and the destination path on the remote host.
  • Reverse the arguments to pull a file from the remote host to your machine.

Commands

bash

scp /path/to/local/file <USER>@<IP>:/path/to/remote/directory