how to copy file from ec2 instance to local machine code example

Example 1: send file to aws ec2 termnal

// To copy one file
scp -i path/to/key file/to/copy user@ec2-xx-xx-xxx-xxx.compute-1.amazonaws.com:path/to/file

// To copy an entire directory
scp -i path/to/key -r directory/to/copy user@ec2-xx-xx-xxx-xxx.compute-1.amazonaws.com:path/to/directory

Example 2: upload zip file to ec2

$scp -i ~/Desktop/amazon.pem ~/Desktop/MS115.fa  ubuntu@ec2-54-166-128-20.compute-1.amazonaws.com:~/data/