scp

Secure copy (remote file copy program)

Overview

Copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as ssh.

scp [OPTIONS] [[USER@]HOST1:]FILE1 ... [[USER@]HOST2:]FILE2

$ scp file.txt [email protected]:/remote/dir

Copy file.txt to /remote/dir on example.com.

$ scp [email protected]:/remote/file.txt .

Copy /remote/file.txt from example.com to the current directory.

Change file mode bits (permissions)

Change file owner and group

Execute a command as another user (superuser)

Create a new user or update default new user information

Modify a user account

Delete a user account and related files

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