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scp or rsync a remote file or path with spaces
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Escape twice, once using quotes and once using backslashes

Use:

scp [user]@[server]:"[filepath]" [destination]

Example:

scp fred@server.me:"/Volumes/disk/file\ with\ space\ \(and\ specials\)" Here_please/
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