How to Use SCP Command in Linux

 How to Use SCP Command in Linux

SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) is used to securely copy files/folders between Linux (Unix) systems on a network. The scp command line utility is a safer variant of the cp (copy) command.

 Copying files from local host to remote host.

 Copying files from remote host to local host.

 Copying files from remote host to remote host

Basic Syntax of SCP Command

scp [option] [user_name@source_host:path/to/source/file] [user_name@target_host:target/path]

Copy a Local File to a Remote System

$ scp file.txt remote_username@10.125.238.1:/remote/directory

Copy a Remote File to a Local System

$ scp remote_username@10.125.238.2:/remote/file.txt /local/directory

Copy a File Between Two Remote Systems

$ scp user1@host1.com:/files/file.txt user2@host2.com:/files

SCP Command Options

 P(Caps) - specifies the port to establish connection with the remote host.
 p(lowercase) - preserves the times-tamp for ease of modification and access.
 r - copies the entire directory recursively
 q - copies files quietly, doesn't display the progress messages. Also known as quiet mode.
 C(Caps)  - for compression of data during transmission.
 v - print debug information into the screen