scp – secure copy

SCP allows file to be copied to, from, or between different hosts using ssh for data transfer.

Copy files from remote computer to a local computer:

scp username@www.xzy.com:~/somefile.txt /home/local/directory

Copy files from local computer to remote computer:

scp /home/local/directory/somefile.txt username@www.xzy.com:~/

Copy a directory ‘dir’ from local computer to remote computer

scp -r /home/local/dir username@www.xzy.com:~/

SCP uses Triple-DES by default. To change cipher, use the following command:

scp -c blowfish username@www.xzy.com:~/somefile.txt /home/local/directory