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Transfer data from local to server and server to local with using scp
Secure Copy (scp)
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 remote host "rh1.edu" to remote host "rh2.edu"
> $ scp your_username@rh1.edu:/some/remote/directory/foobar.txt \your_username@rh2.edu:/some/remote/directory/
Copying the files "foo.txt" and "bar.txt" from the local host to your home directory on the remote host
> $ scp foo.txt bar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~
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
Copy multiple files from the remote host to your current directory on the local host
> $ scp your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory/\{a,b,c\} .
> $ scp your_username@remotehost.edu:~/\{foo.txt,bar.txt\} .
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