scp.md

   1 ---
   2 title: scp
   3 category: CLI
   4 layout: 2017/sheet
   5 updated: 2018-12-25
   6 authors:
   7   - github: vastpeng
   8 ---
   9
  10 ### Usage
  11 {: .-prime}
  12
  13 ```bash
  14 scp <options> source_path destination_path
  15 ```
  16
  17 ### Conditions
  18
  19 ```bash
  20 -r      # transfer directory
  21 -v      # see the transfer details
  22 -C      # copy files with compression
  23 -l 800  # limit bandwith with 800
  24 -p      # preserving the original attributes of the copied files
  25 -P      # connection port
  26 -q      # hidden the output
  27 ```
  28
  29 ### Commands
  30
  31 ```bash
  32 $ scp file user@host:/path/to/file                        # copying a file to the remote system using scp command
  33 $ scp user@host:/path/to/file /local/path/to/file         # copying a file from the remote system using scp command
  34 ```
  35
  36 ```bash
  37 $ scp file1 file2 user@host:/path/to/directory            # copying multiple files using scp command
  38 $ scp -r /path/to/directory user@host:/path/to/directory  # Copying an entire directory with scp command
  39 ```