SCP Cheatsheet

scp-cheatsheet.md

Basic Syntax

$ scp source_file_path destination_file_path

Uploading

Single file

$ scp ~/my_local_file.txt user@remote_host.com:/some/remote/directory

Multiple files

$ scp foo.txt bar.txt username@remotehost:/path/directory/

Downloading

Single file

$ scp user@remote_host.com:/some/remote/directory ~/my_local_file.txt

Multiple files

$ scp username@remotehost:/path/directory/\{foo.txt,bar.txt\} .

Extra Options

Verbose Output

$ scp -v source_file_path destination_file_path

Copy Entire Directory (Recursively)

$ scp -r source_file_path destination_file_path

Speed Up Transfer with Compression

$ scp -C source_file_path destination_file_path

Specify Identity File

$ scp -i private_key.pem ~/test.txt [email protected]:/some/path/test.txt