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scp

Secure copy. Copy files between hosts using Secure Copy Protocol over SSH. More information: https://man.openbsd.org/scp.

  • Copy a local file to a remote host:

scp path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file

  • Use a specific port when connecting to the remote host:

scp -P port path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file

  • Copy a file from a remote host to a local directory:

scp remote_host:path/to/remote_file path/to/local_directory

  • Recursively copy the contents of a directory from a remote host to a local directory:

scp -r remote_host:path/to/remote_directory path/to/local_directory

  • Copy a file between two remote hosts transferring through the local host:

scp -3 host1:path/to/remote_file host2:path/to/remote_directory

  • Use a specific username when connecting to the remote host:

scp path/to/local_file remote_username@remote_host:path/to/remote_directory

  • Use a specific SSH private key for authentication with the remote host:

scp -i ~/.ssh/private_key path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file

  • Use a specific proxy when connecting to the remote host:

scp -J proxy_username@proxy_host path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.