scp

Copy a local file to a remote host

$ scp [path/to/local_file] [remote_host]:[path/to/remote_file]

$ scp -P [port] [path/to/local_file] [remote_host]:[path/to/remote_file]

$ scp [remote_host]:[path/to/remote_file] [path/to/local_directory]

$ scp -r [remote_host]:[path/to/remote_directory] [path/to/local_directory]

$ scp -3 [host1]:[path/to/remote_file] [host2]:[path/to/remote_directory]

$ scp [path/to/local_file] [remote_username]@[remote_host]:[path/to/remote_directory]

$ scp -i [~/.ssh/private_key] [path/to/local_file] [remote_host]:[path/to/remote_file]

$ scp -J [proxy_username]@[proxy_host] [path/to/local_file] [remote_host]:[path/to/remote_file]

scp [options] source ... target

-r
    Recursively copy directories

-P PORT
    SSH port on remote host

-p
    Preserve modification times and modes

-q
    Quiet mode, suppress progress meter

-C
    Enable compression

-i FILE
    Identity file for public key authentication

-l LIMIT
    Limit bandwidth in Kbit/s

-o OPTION
    SSH option

-v
    Verbose mode

-3
    Copy through local host between two remotes

scp copies files between hosts on a network using SSH for data transfer. It uses the same authentication and provides the same security as SSH. scp is being deprecated in favor of sftp and rsync, but remains widely used for simple file transfers.

Deprecated in favor of sftp or rsync over SSH. Does not preserve symbolic links without special options. Large transfers may be slow compared to rsync.

Local: /path/to/file
Remote: user@host:/path/to/file
Example: scp file.txt user@server:/home/user/

sftp(1), ssh(1), rsync(1), cp(1)