File Transfer functions related to OpenSSH

The pscp program in Putty can copy files.

 

In Linux, SCP and sftp are used to access openssh-server for file transmission. The man manual is easy to use.

SFTP is similar to FTP and has similar usage.

 

Copy from a remote machine to my machine:
SCP user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/desktop/file.txt/home/ME/desktop/file.txt

Copy From my machine to a remote machine:
User@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/desktop/file.txt

Copy all file *. txt from a remote machine to my machine (file01.txt, file02.txt, etc.; Note the quotation marks:
SCP "user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/desktop/file *. txt"/home/ME/desktop/file.txt

Copy a directory from a remote machien to my machine:
SCP-r user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/desktop/files/home/ME/desktop /.