To use full power of scp you need to go through next steps: Public key authorisation Create SSH aliases Then, for example if you have this ~/.ssh/config: Host test User testuser HostName test-site.example Port 22022 Host prod User produser HostName production-site.example Port 22022 you'll save yourself from password entry and simplify scp ...

Unlike ssh, scp uses the uppercase P switch to set the port instead of the lowercase p: scp -P 80 ... # Use port 80 to bypass the firewall, instead of the scp default The lowercase p switch is used with scp for the preservation of times and modes. Here is an excerpt from scp's man page with all of the details concerning the two switches, as well as an explanation of why uppercase P …

Jun 19, 2015 · I have some n number of files in a directory on my unix system. Is there a way to write a shellscript that will transfer all those files via scp to a specified remote system. I'll specify the passw...

Jun 14, 2014 · I'm trying to use scp or similar Linux command-line tools to copy files from a remote Windows machine to my local Linux. I did some searching and found that most of the solutions are for local Windows cases (like putty and winscp), which don't really help.

May 26, 2017 · Agreed, what you're seeing in the source code is the remote call to scp -t or scp -f ('to' and 'from' modes, which exist for this server-side purpose). This is essentially how scp works - it relies on another copy of scp existing on the server.

Use scp priv_key.pem source user@host:target if you need to connect using a private key. or if using pscp then use pscp -i priv_key.ppk source user@host:target

On windows you can use a graphic interface of scp using winSCP. A nice free software that implements SFTP protocol.

Jul 9, 2012 · I am trying to use my Mac Terminal to scp a file from Downloads (phpMyAdmin I downloaded online) to my Amazon EC2 instance. The command I used was: scp -i myAmazonKey.pem phpMyAdmin-3.4.5-all-langu...

Nov 27, 2013 · You say to use scp for your day to day tasks. From your explanation and the OP, it appears that the interface for the two tools when used without options is identical. If rsync has the superior implementation and the interfaces are the same, why not always use rsync?

Jan 14, 2013 · I have created a file on a remote computer that I have ssh-ed into. I want to transfer the file back to the laptop I am using at the moment. I see that I am supposed to use the command: scp username@