Work with files over SSH

mysql.ssh.tunnel.bashrc

# Forward all traffic on localhost port 3333 to MySQL on the remotehost
ssh user@remotehost -L 3333:127.0.0.1:3306

# or add it to .bashrc
alias remote_db='ssh user@remotehost -L 3333:127.0.0.1:3306'

# Copy a directory to another machine using SSH
rsync -a -e --delete ssh source/ [email protected]:/path/to/destination/

# If a file was originally in both source/ and destination/ (from an earlier rsync, for example),
# and you delete it from source/, you probably want it to be deleted from destination/ on the next
# rsync. However, the default behavior is to leave the copy at destination/ in place. Assuming you 
# want rsync to delete any file from destination/ that is not in source/, you'll need to use the --delete flag:

rsync -a --delete source/ destination/

# Copy a file from a server to your computer
rsync -a -e ssh [email protected]:/var/www/file.php /home/user/file.php

# Copy folder from server to current folder
rsync -arve ssh [email protected]:/var/www/ ./