http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=SCP+Command+ExampleSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=SCP+Command+ExampleCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11304895/how-do-i-copy-a-folder-from-remote-to-local-using-scpHow do I copy a folder from remote to local host using scp? I use ssh to log in to my server. Then, I would like to copy the remote folder foo to local /home/user/Desktop. How do I achieve this?Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:13:00 GMThttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/188285/how-to-copy-a-file-from-a-remote-server-to-a-local-machineIn my terminal shell, I ssh'ed into a remote server, and I cd to the directory I want. Now in this directory, there is a file called table that I want to copy to my local machine /home/me/Desktop...Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:17:00 GMThttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47909/transfer-files-using-scp-permission-deniedI try to transfer files from remote computer using ssh to my computer : scp My_file.txt user_id@server:/Home This should put My_file.txt in the home folder on my own computer, right? I get sc...Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:23:00 GMThttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/10341032/scp-with-port-number-specifiedOnly solution which allows the use of scp -3 from and to servers with ssh listeners on different ports. scp -3 -P 123 server1:/file -P 456 server2:/file or similar alternatives wouldn't work, scp assumed the same port across both serversSun, 12 Apr 2026 02:20:00 GMThttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/1346509/automate-scp-file-transfer-using-a-shell-scriptI have some n number of files in a directory on my unix system. Is there a way to write a shellscript that will transfer all those files via scp to a specified remote system. I'll specify the passw...Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:06:00 GMThttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/232946/how-to-copy-all-files-from-a-directory-to-a-remote-directory-using-scpNote that scp follows symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal. So if you have sub-directories inside local_dir, the last example will only transfer files, but if you set the -r option, it will transfer files and directories.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:33:00 GMThttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/571293/is-scp-unsafe-should-it-be-replaced-with-sftpscp -T server:'*(.oc[1,10])' . So now you get the safety in the simple, non-recursive cases without completely giving up the unique ability that makes scp more useful than other utilities like sftp or rsync. Can scp be replaced by sftp? sftp can't specify the files it wants with shell code. It only accepts actual file paths. It's more limited ...Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:54:00 GMThttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/16886179/scp-or-sftp-copy-multiple-files-with-single-commandSCP protocol may be necessary for servers that do not implement SFTP, for backwards-compatibility for particular filename wildcard patterns and for expanding paths with a ‘~’ prefix for older SFTPMon, 13 Apr 2026 17:43:00 GMThttps://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/115560/use-scp-to-transfer-a-file-from-local-directory-x-to-remote-directory-y6 If you're running this scp command on the remote machine, it is looking for file.ext as a "local" file, i.e. on the remote machine. To copy a file from the remote machine to the local one, use scp -P 2222 username@domain:dir/file.ext localdir (assuming that file.ext is in ~/dir on the remote computer, as in your example).Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:32:00 GMThttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/50096/how-to-pass-password-to-scpI know it is not recommended, but is it at all possible to pass the user's password to scp? I'd like to copy a file via scp as part of a batch job and the receiving server does, of course, need aMon, 13 Apr 2026 02:26:00 GMT