Example syntax for Secure Copy (scp)
from: http://www.hypexr.org/linux_scp_help.php What is Secure Copy? scp allows files to be copied to, from, or between different hosts. It uses ssh for data transfer and provides the same authentication and same level of security as ssh . Examples Copy the file "foobar.txt" from a remote host to the local host $ scp your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt /some/local/directory Copy the file "foobar.txt" from the local host to a remote host $ scp foobar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory Copy the directory "foo" from the local host to a remote host's directory "bar" $ scp -r foo your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory/bar Copy the file "foobar.txt" from remote host "rh1.edu" to remote host "rh2.edu" $ scp your_username@rh1.edu:/some/remote/directory/foobar.txt \ your_username@rh2.edu:/some/remote/directory/ Copying the files "foo.txt" ...