scp

command network

Secure copy files between hosts over SSH

Required Packages

sudo apt install -y openssh-client

Options

Source *

Local path or [user@]host:path

Destination *

Local path or [user@]host:path

Recursive (-r) Recursive (-r)

Copy directories recursively

Port (-P)

SSH port (default: 22)

Identity file (-i)

Enable compression (-C) Enable compression (-C)

Preserve file attributes (-p) Preserve file attributes (-p)

Preserve modification times, access times, and modes

Bandwidth limit in Kbit/s (-l)

Limit the used bandwidth in Kbit/s

Quiet mode (-q) Quiet mode (-q)

Disable progress meter and warnings

Verbose mode (-v) Verbose mode (-v)

Show verbose debugging messages

SSH option (-o)

Pass an option to SSH (e.g. StrictHostKeyChecking=no)

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