Mar 5, 2015 · In 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...

How 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?

Dec 2, 2025 · The lowercase p switch is used with scp for the preservation of times and modes. Here is an excerpt from scp's man page with all of the details concerning the two switches, as well as an …

Aug 28, 2009 · I 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...

Using the stock 'scp' from a recent Windows Server 2022 version I was able to use the command from this answer above, but with using a colon in the drive specifier, as the first path segment on the …

Jan 21, 2016 · I have a large directory tree with hundreds of nested sub-folders. I need to copy only 4 folders and their contents to a remote system, but I need to destination folder structure to be kept the …

Sep 30, 2015 · From man scp: ... 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.

Feb 23, 2023 · Cannot scp folders from user computer to server Ask Question Asked 3 years, 1 month ago Modified 2 years ago

Nov 17, 2024 · I am currently trying to use scp to transfer files from a Linux-based remote server to my local machine from within a Windows Powershell terminal. My machine is installed with Windows 11, …

Aug 4, 2009 · 51 There is no feature in scp to filter files. For "advanced" stuff like this, I recommend using rsync: ... (this line copy rsync from distant folder to current one) Recent versions of rsync …