You should use rsync over ssh rsync -P -e ssh remoteuser@remotehost:/remote/path /local/path The key option is -P, which is the same as –partial –progress By default, rsync will delete any partially transferred file if the transfer is interrupted. In some circumstances it is more desirable to keep partially transferred files. Using the –partial option tells … Read more
It depends on what your local OS is. If your local OS is Unix-like, then try: scp username@remoteHost:/remote/dir/file.txt /local/dir/ If your local OS is Windows ,then you should use pscp.exe utility. For example, below command will download file.txt from remote to D: disk of local machine. pscp.exe username@remoteHost:/remote/dir/file.txt d:\ It seems your Local OS is … Read more
Use scp: scp -i ec2key.pem username@ec2ip:/remote/path/to/file /local/path/to/file where: ec2key.pem is your PEM key username is the username you log in with into your EC2 instance ec2ip is the IP or DNS alias of your EC2 instance /remote/path/to/file is the location where the file is stored on your EC2 instance /local/path/to/file is where you want to … Read more
Try the Python scp module for Paramiko. It’s very easy to use. See the following example: import paramiko from scp import SCPClient def createSSHClient(server, port, user, password): client = paramiko.SSHClient() client.load_system_host_keys() client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) client.connect(server, port, user, password) return client ssh = createSSHClient(server, port, user, password) scp = SCPClient(ssh.get_transport()) Then call scp.get() or scp.put() to do SCP … Read more
If you’re using GNOME, you can go to: Places → Connect to Server in Nautilus and choose SSH. If you have an SSH agent running and configured, no password will be asked! (This is the same as sftp://root@servername/directory in Nautilus) In Konqueror, you can simply type: fish://servername. Per Mike R: In Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) it’s … Read more
Try specifying the user to be ec2-user, e.g. scp -i myAmazonKey.pem phpMyAdmin-3.4.5-all-languages.tar.gz ec2-user@mec2-50-17-16-67.compute-1.amazonaws.com:~/. See Connecting to Linux/UNIX Instances Using SSH.
The major difference between these tools is how they copy files. scp basically reads the source file and writes it to the destination. It performs a plain linear copy, locally, or over a network. rsync also copies files locally or over a network. But it employs a special delta transfer algorithm and a few optimizations … Read more
Use sshpass: sshpass -p “password” scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path or so the password does not show in the bash history sshpass -f “/path/to/passwordfile” scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path The above copies contents of path from the remote host to your local. Install : ubuntu/debian apt install sshpass centos/fedora yum install sshpass mac w/ macports port install … Read more
Basically you need to escape it twice, because it’s escaped locally and then on the remote end. There are a couple of options you can do (in bash): scp user@example.com:”‘web/tmp/Master File 18 10 13.xls'” . scp user@example.com:”web/tmp/Master\ File\ 18\ 10\ 13.xls” . scp user@example.com:web/tmp/Master\\\ File\\\ 18\\\ 10\\\ 13.xls .
Copy multiple files from remote to local: $ scp your_username@remote.edu:/some/remote/directory/\{a,b,c\} ./ Copy multiple files from local to remote: $ scp foo.txt bar.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~ $ scp {foo,bar}.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~ $ scp *.txt your_username@remotehost.edu:~ Copy multiple files from remote to remote: $ scp your_username@remote1.edu:/some/remote/directory/foobar.txt \ your_username@remote2.edu:/some/remote/directory/ Source: http://www.hypexr.org/linux_scp_help.php