copy a file from remote server to local machine code example

Example 1: how to copy a file to a remote server using the command line

scp file.txt [email protected]:/remote/directory

Example 2: scp copy

scp /users/Edward/desktop [email protected]:/writing/article

Example 3: git remove remote file keep local

# for single file
git rm --cached myfile

# for directory file
git rm --cached --r myfile