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# Copy remote file to local dir scp [email protected]:/remote/path/to/foobar.md /local/dest # Copy local file to remote dir scp foobar.md [email protected]:/remote/dest # Key files can be used (just like ssh) scp -i my_key.pem foobar.md [email protected]:/remote/dest

scp command is used to securely copy a file to or from a remote destination. If the file is in current working directly only filename is sufficient else full path is required which included the remote hostname e.g. remote_user@some_server.org:/path/to/file Copy local file in your CWD to new direct...