Using SCP to transfer files

Background

scp — OpenSSH secure file copy

scp copies files between hosts on a network

Upload

Transfer data.zip into path /home/ubuntu/target/ on server2

scp data.zip user1@server2:/home/ubuntu/target/

Transfer data.zip into path /home/ubuntu/target/ on server2 (using user1PrivateKey ssh key)

scp data.zip -i /home/ubuntu/keys/user1PrivateKey user1@server2:/home/ubuntu/target/

-i identity_file
             Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read.  This option is directly passed to ssh(1).

Download

Downloads all files from path /home/username/folder/ on dnsiphostname

$ scp user@dnsiphostname:/home/username/folder/*.* .

Downloads file1.zip from path /home/username/folder/ on dnsiphostname

$ scp user@dnsiphostname:/home/username/folder/file1.zip

Sources

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