What is Secure Copy?

scp allows files to be copied to, from, or between different hosts. It uses ssh for data transfer and provides
the same authentication and same level of security as ssh.

pwd = get current directory path.
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SSH into remote machine from local computer :
ssh -p 2222 TEST@1.1.1.1

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Copy the file “rom-0” from the remote host to a local host using port 2222
 scp -P 2222 TEST@1.1.1.1:rom-0 /home/salman/Downloads
scp -P 2222 TEST@1.1.1.1:rom-0 /home/salman/Downloads
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Copy the directory “rom-0” from the remote host to a local host directory “bar” using port 2222
$ scp -P 2222 -rp foo TEST@1.1.1.1:/home/salman/Downloads/bar
$ scp -P 2222 -rp /home/waveworks/foo TEST@1.1.1.1:/home/salman/Downloads/bar

Copy directory to another location :

cd /etc/temp
cp -r foo /etc/

Copy the directory  from the remote host to a local host directory :

scp -P 2222 -rp

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Local file to root directory :
scp salman@10.255.255.134:/home/waveworks/Desktop/rom-0 rom-0

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Copy the file “test1.txt” from the local host to a remote host using port 2222
scp -P 2222 test1.txt TEST@1.1.1.1:/home/waveworks
scp -P 2222 /home/salman/testfile TEST@1.1.1.1:/home/waveworks

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Copy the directory “rom-0” from the local host to a remote host directory “bar”using port 2222
$ scp -P 2222 -r foo TEST@1.1.1.1:/home/waveworks
$ scp -P 2222 -r /home/salman/foo TEST@1.1.1.1:/home/waveworks

 

Examples

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

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

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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

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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/

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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:~

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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

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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} .