SCP Cheatsheet

SCP.md

Different Port

scp -P 2264 yourfile.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory

Files

From Remote to Local

scp [email protected]:yourfile.txt /some/local/directory

From Local to Remote

scp yourfile.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory

From Remote to Remote

scp [email protected]:/some/remote/directory/yourfile.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory/

Multiple Files From Local to Remote

scp file1.txt file2.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory

Multiple Files From Remote to Local

scp [email protected]:~/\{file1.txt,file2.txt\} /some/local/directory

Directories

From Remote to Local

scp -r [email protected]:/some/remote/directory /some/local/directory

From Local to Remote

scp -r /some/local/directory [email protected]:/some/remote/directory

Increase Performance

By default scp uses the Triple-DES cipher to encrypt the data being sent. Using the Blowfish cipher has been shown to increase speed. This can be done by using option -c blowfish in the command line.

$ scp -c blowfish yourfile.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory It is often suggested that the -C option for compression should also be used to increase speed. The effect of compression, however, will only significantly increase speed if your connection is very slow. Otherwise it may just be adding extra burden to the CPU. An example of using blowfish and compression:

$ scp -c blowfish -C yourfile.txt [email protected]:/some/remote/directory