Linux SCP - Basic Commands

Copy the file "abcd.txt" from a remote host to the local host


$ scp your_username@ remotehost.com:abcd.txt /some/local/directory


Copy the file "abcd.txt" from the local host to a remote host


$ scp abcd.txt your_username@remotehost.com:/some/remote/directory


Copy the directory "foo" from the local host to a remote host's directory "bar"


$ scp -r foo your_username@ remotehost.com:/some/remote/directory/bar


Copy the file "abcd.txt" from remote host "123.com" to remote host "456.in"