scp examples

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from a remote host to the local host
$ scp [email protected]:foobar.txt /some/local/directory

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from the local host to a remote host
$ scp foobar.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory

Copy the directory "foo" from the local host to a remote host's directory "bar"
$ scp -r foo [email protected]:/some/remote/directory/bar

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from remote host "rh1.edu" to remote host "rh2.edu"
$ scp [email protected]:/some/remote/directory/foobar.txt \
[email protected]:/some/remote/directory/

Copying the files "foo.txt" and "bar.txt" from the local host to your home directory on the remote host
$ scp foo.txt bar.txt [email protected]:~

Copy the file "foobar.txt" from the local host to a remote host using port 2264
$ scp -P 2264 foobar.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory

Copy multiple files from the remote host to your current directory on the local host
$ scp [email protected]:/some/remote/directory/\{a,b,c\} .
$ scp [email protected]:~/\{foo.txt,bar.txt\} .

Recursive
$ scp -rp sourcedirectory user@dest:/path