how to transfer files to ec2 instance in linux code example

Example 1: send file to aws ec2 termnal

// To copy one file
scp -i path/to/key file/to/copy [email protected]:path/to/file

// To copy an entire directory
scp -i path/to/key -r directory/to/copy [email protected]:path/to/directory

Example 2: aws ec2 upload file

scp -i ~/Downloads/file.pem local_image_file user@ec2_elastic_ip:/home/user/images/