scp

Secure copy. Copy files between hosts using Secure Copy Protocol over SSH. More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/scp>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/scp.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install openssh-client
Ubuntu
apt-get install openssh-client
Alpine
apk add openssh-client
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S scp
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install openssh-client
CentOS
yum install openssh-clients
Fedora
dnf install openssh-clients
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openssh-client
Raspbian
apt-get install openssh-client
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/scp scp powered by Commando

Secure copy. Copy files between hosts using Secure Copy Protocol over SSH. More information: <https://man.openbsd.org/scp>.

  • Copy a local file to a remote host:
    scp path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file
  • Use a specific port when connecting to the remote host:
    scp -P port path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file
  • Copy a file from a remote host to a local directory:
    scp remote_host:path/to/remote_file path/to/local_directory
  • Recursively copy the contents of a directory from a remote host to a local directory:
    scp -r remote_host:path/to/remote_directory path/to/local_directory
  • Copy a file between two remote hosts transferring through the local host:
    scp -3 host1:path/to/remote_file host2:path/to/remote_directory
  • Use a specific username when connecting to the remote host:
    scp path/to/local_file remote_username@remote_host:path/to/remote_directory
  • Use a specific ssh private key for authentication with the remote host:
    scp -i ~/.ssh/private_key path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file
  • Use a specific proxy when connecting to the remote host:
    scp -J proxy_username@proxy_host path/to/local_file remote_host:path/to/remote_file

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