scp

Copy files securely over SSH.

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$scp [OPTIONS] SOURCE DEST

Examples

$scp file.txt user@host:/path/

Examples

$scp -r dir/ user@host:/path/

Typical use cases

Secure file transfer

Remote copies

Backup transfers

Note Uses the SSH transport layer. Prefer rsync for large directory sync jobs.

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