SCP examples

SCP_examples

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from a remote host to the local host:
$ scp your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt /some/local/directory

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from the local host to a remote host:
$ scp foobar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory

Copy the directory "foo" from the local host to a remote host's directory "bar":
$ scp -r foo your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory/bar

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from the local host to a remote host using port 2264:
$ scp -P 2264 foobar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory