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layout: page
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category-page: intermediate
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category-title: Intermediate commands
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tags: ssh copy file secure
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author: Announ Marwan
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title: scp
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previous-page: pages/cmd/interm/ps.html
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next-page: pages/cmd/interm/shasum.html
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---
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The <code>scp</code> command name stands for <i>Secure CoPy</i>.<br>
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As the name suggests it's similar to the <code>cp</code> command,
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with the main difference being that while <code>cp</code> is used to move files
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in a local machine, <code>scp</code> will also operate on the remote systems.<br>
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The syntax is similar to the one of the <code>cp</code> command.
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<pre>
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scp ~/Documents/list.txt protocol://user@myhost.com:/home/user/Documents/list.txt
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</pre>
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Keep in mind that <code>protocol://user@myhost.com</code> should be changed accordingly to
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your use case and may require authentication on the remote server.<br>
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It's also possible to download files in a similar way.
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<pre>
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scp protocol://user@myhost.com:/home/user/Documents/list.txt ~/Downloads/list.txt
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</pre>
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And it can also operate on the remote host only:
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<pre>
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scp protocol://user@myhost.com:/home/user/Documents/list.txt protocol://user@myhost.com:/home/user/Download/shopping.txt
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</pre>
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<h3>Flags</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>-1 to use scp with protocol 1 </li>
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<li>-2 to use scp with protocol 2 </li>
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<li>-3 to copy between 2 remote passing through local(like example above) </li>
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<li>-4 to use scp with IPv4 addresses </li>
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<li>-6 o use scp with Ipv6 addresses </li>
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<li>-C to enable compression of the encrypted connection </li>
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<li>-c to encrypt data transfer (<i>C</i> and <i>c</i> are <u>not</u> the same flag)</li>
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</ul>
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