SCP

Published: 2023-10-19
Updated: 2023-11-27

Transfer to remote server 🔗

scp src_file administrator@192.168.1.5:/home/administrator/

Transfer from remote server 🔗

Note: full stop at end is required to copy to your present directory

scp administrator@192.168.1.5:/home/administrator/src_file .

Multiple Files 🔗

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16886179/scp-or-sftp-copy-multiple-files-with-single-command

I kept getting protocol error: filename does not match request when I tried the option with spaces. Only the option with {} worked for me but this is limited to bash on the end receiving it.

scp administrator@192.168.1.5:"{/home/administrator/src_file1,/home/administrator/src_file2}" .