copy things from one server to another - copiar archivos entre servidores

Con scp copiamos carpetas o archivos entre servers sin tener que descargar todo y volverlo a subir. Solo ejecutar el comando y se arreglan entre ellos.

copy from a remote machine to my machine:

scp user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/file.txt /home/me/Desktop/file.txt

copy from my machine to a remote machine:

scp /home/me/Desktop/file.txt user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/file.txt

copy all file*.txt from a remote machine to my machine (file01.txt, file02.txt, etc.; note the quotation marks:

scp "user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/file*.txt" /home/me/Desktop/file.txt

copy a directory from a remote machien to my machine:

scp -r user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/files /home/me/Desktop/.