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scp

The following operations can be performed on "scp":

scp

Securely copies data from one computer to another, in SSH protocol.

Synopsis

scp [-r] [-C] [-q] <sourceString> <destString>

Arguments

r

Recursively copy subdirectories.

C

Enable compression.

q

Quiet output. Disable the progress meter.

sourceString

Source user, host, and file path, specified as <user>@<host>:<path_to_copy_from>. The user and host parts are optional.

destString

Destination user, host, and file path, specified as <user>@<host>:<path_to_copy_to>. The user and host parts are optional.

Example

scp /nsconfig/ns.conf [email protected]:/nsconfig/

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