SCP

The SCP(Secure Copy Protocol) is a file transfer command based on SSH, used to securely copy files/directories between local and remote hosts

Parameters


-r           # Recursively copy directories
-P           # Specify SSH port (note: uppercase -P, unlike ssh's -p)

Examples:


scp -r -P 8888 /home/test/ username@192.168.1.1:/home/data/copy_here/ 
scp -r -P 8888 username@192.168.1.1:/home/test /home/data/copy_here/ 

# upload multiple files
scp -P 8888 /home/test/{file1,file2} username@192.168.1.1:/home/data/copy_here/