Copy files and folders using SCP

Mani Bibek Acharya, January 22, 2022

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To copy a file from Server to your local computer, local to server or server to server, use the command below

scp [email protected]:/path/to/your/file /path/to/your/local/filename

To copy a folder, add -r flag which will copy all files inside the folder recursively

scp -r [email protected]:/path/to/your/folder /path/to/your/destination

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