scp command syntax code example

Example 1: scp send file

scp ./file.txt remote_username@remote_ip:/remote/directory

Example 2: copy from remote to local

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

Example 3: scp command

scp [OPTION] [user@]SRC_HOST:]file1 [user@]DEST_HOST:]file2

Example 4: scp command in unix

scp [options] username1@source_host:directory1/filename1 username2@destination_host:directory2/filename2