Linux scp command examples 2017-06-22 01:41
scp command can help you copy file from remote computer. Here are some examples.
copy local file to remote
# copy local file to remote
$ scp local_file remote_username@remote_ip:remote_folder
# copy local file to remote and change the name of file
$ scp local_file remote_username@remote_ip:remote_folder/file_name
# copy local folder to remote
$ scp -r local_folder remote_username@remote_ip:remote_folder
copy remote file to local
# copy remote file to local
$ scp remote_username@remote_ip:remote_folder local_file
# copy remote file to local and change the name of file
$ scp remote_username@remote_ip:remote_folder/file_name local_file
# copy remote folder to local
$ scp -r remote_username@remote_ip:remote_folder local_path