1) send a file to a remote computer with scp command
$ scp MyTestFile1.txt psqa@10.9.28.95:.
psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
MyTestFile1.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~$
Verifying that the file has been copied successfully
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~$ ssh psqa@10.9.28.95
psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
492 packages can be updated.
232 updates are security updates.
New release '12.04.1 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.
Last login: Sun Dec 1 12:32:09 2013 from psqa-x7dvl.local
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~$ ls
Desktop Documents Downloads examples.desktop Music MyTestFile1.txt Pictures Public Templates Videos
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~$ ls -l MyTestFile1.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 psqa psqa 61440 2013-12-01 13:14 MyTestFile1.txt
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~$
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2) Send multiple files at once to a remote computer
$ scp MyTestFile1.txt MyTestFile2.txt psqa@10.9.28.95:psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
MyTestFile1.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
MyTestFile2.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
$ scp MyTestFile1.txt MyTestFile2.txt psqa@10.9.28.95:.
psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
MyTestFile1.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
MyTestFile2.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~$
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3) Send multiple files at once using "*" to a
remote computer
$ scp * psqa@10.9.28.95:.psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
MyTestFile1.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
MyTestFile2.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~/anu$
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4) scp command used to transfer a directory recursively to a remote
computer (anu is the folder name)
$ scp -r anu psqa@10.9.28.95:.
psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
MyTestFile1.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
MyTestFile2.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
Verifying that the folder has been copied
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~$ ssh psqa@10.9.28.95
psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 11.10 (GNU/Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
492 packages can be updated.
232 updates are security updates.
New release '12.04.1 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.
Last login: Sun Dec 1 13:28:39 2013 from 10.20.10.150
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~$ ls
anu Desktop Documents Downloads examples.desktop Music MyTestFile1.txt MyTestFile2.txt Pictures Public Templates Videos
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~$ cd anu/
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~/anu$ ls
MyTestFile1.txt MyTestFile2.txt
psqa@psqa-X7DVL:~/anu$
5) Retrieving a file from remote computer to the local computer
$ scp psqa@10.9.28.95:/home/psqa/MyTestFile1.txt .
psqa@10.9.28.95's password:
MyTestFile1.txt 100% 60KB 60.0KB/s 00:00
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~$ ls
about.html download_script.php?src_id=7701 index.html.1 Public strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2.4
centos-org.html examples.desktop Music strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2 taglist.zip
Desktop gettext.html mygettext.html strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2.1 Templates
Documents helloworld.sh MyTestFile1.txt strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2.2 Videos
Downloads index.html Pictures strx25-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2.3 wget-log
psqa@psqa-Precision-WorkStation-T3500:~$
