SCP
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Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) is used to copy files between two hosts.
Command
Copy file from remote host to local host.
scp [user]@[host]:[path] [path]
Copy file from local host to remote host.
scp [path] [user]@[host]:[path]
Copy file from remote host to remote host.
scp [user]@[host]:[path] [user]@<host>:<path>
Example
Running the command (remote to local).
scp user@123.46.67.89:/file/to/copy.txt /path/to/save.txt
Running the command (local to remote).
scp /file/to/copy.txt user@123.46.67.89:/path/to/save.txt
Running the command (remote to remote).
scp user@123.46.67.89:/file/to/copy.txt user@987.65.43.21:/path/to/save.txt
