scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i
identity_file] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] -S
program] [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2
| -1 |
Forces scp to use protocol 1. |
| -2 |
Forces scp to use protocol 2. |
| -4 |
Forces scp to use IPv4 addresses
only. |
| -6 |
Forces scp to use IPv6 addresses
only. |
| -B |
Selects batch mode (prevents
asking for passwords or passphrases). |
| -C |
Compression enable. Passes the
-C flag to ssh(1) to enable compression. |
| -c cipher |
Selects the cipher to use for
encrypting the data transfer. This option is directly passed
to ssh. |
| -F ssh_config |
Specifies an alternative
per-user configuration file for ssh. This option is directly
passed to ssh. |
| -i identity_file |
Selects the file from which the
identity (private key) for RSA authentication is read. This
option is directly passed to ssh. |
| -l limit |
Limits the used bandwidth,
specified in Kbit/s. |
| -o ssh_option |
Can be used to pass options to
ssh in the format used in ssh_config. This is useful for
specifying options for which there is no separate scp
command-line flag. For full details of the options listed
below, and their possible values, see ssh_config.
AddressFamily
BatchMode
BindAddress
ChallengeResponseAuthentication
CheckHostIP
Cipher
Ciphers
Compression
CompressionLevel
ConnectionAttempts
ConnectionTimeout
GlobalKnownHostsFile
GSSAPIAuthentication
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
Host
HostbasedAuthentication
HostKeyAlgorithms
HostKeyAlias
HostName
IdentityFile
IdentitiesOnly
LogLevel
MACs
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
NumberOfPasswordPrompts
PasswordAuthentication
Port
PreferredAuthentications
Protocol
ProxyCommand
PubkeyAuthentication
RhostsRSAAuthentication
RSAAuthentication
ServerAliveInterval
ServerAliveCountMax
SmartcardDevice
StrictHostKeyChecking
TCPKeepAlive
UsePrivilegedPort
User
UserKnownHostsFile
VerifyHostKeyDNS |
| -P port |
Specifies the port to connect to
on the remote host. Note that this option is written with a
capital 'P', because -p is already reserved for preserving
the times and modes of the file in rcp. |
| -p |
Preserves modification times,
access times, and modes from the original file. |
| -q |
Disables the progress meter. |
| -r |
Recursively copy entire
directories. |
| -S program |
Name of program to use for the
encrypted connection. The program must understand ssh
options. |
| -v |
Verbose mode. Causes scp and
ssh(1) to print debugging messages about their progress.
This is helpful in debugging connection, authentication, and
configuration problems. |
The above example would copy the file myfile.txt
to the computerhope server under the name hope.
Copy files in the remote machine in the /home/hope
directory to your local computer.
