Copying files from host onto my computer using ssh

Adwat · 06-07-2012, 05:09 PM

Hi,
I have ssh'ed into a remote computer. I want to transfer a file from that computer onto my computer. I know how to do exactly the opposite (using scp)
What would be the syntax for doing this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!

Best,
Adwait

acid_kewpie · 06-07-2012, 05:19 PM

the opposite as in copy from your computer to the remote one? Just change the options around on the scp command line like you would do for any other file copy command:

scp file.txt user@server:file.txt

Adwat · 06-07-2012, 05:26 PM

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the reply!

So in this case,
file.txt is the file on the server that I want to copy?

There are two file.txt what should each one of them be?
Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

the opposite as in copy from your computer to the remote one? Just change the options around on the scp command line like you would do for any other file copy command:

scp file.txt user@server:file.txt

will.cox · 06-07-2012, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adwat

Hi,
I have ssh'ed into a remote computer. I want to transfer a file from that computer onto my computer. I know how to do exactly the opposite (using scp)
What would be the syntax for doing this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!

Best,
Adwait

If you know the exact location of the file, maybe its easier using rsync instead. You dont have to logged into remote server.

Code:

rsync -avH -e ssh --progress localfilename user@remoteserver:/fullpath_on_remote

eg : rsync -avH -e ssh --progress /home/user/*.txt root@192.168.1.1:/var/www/html
   : upload local file to server

or 

rsync -avH -e ssh --progress user@remoteserver:/fullpath_on_remote localpath

eg : rsync -avH -e ssh --progress admin@192.168.1.1:/var/www/html/*.html /home/geek/
   : download *.html files from server to local path /home/geek/

acid_kewpie · 06-08-2012, 01:48 AM

why would you use rsync just for that? Quite some overkill no?

will.cox · 06-08-2012, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

why would you use rsync just for that? Quite some overkill no?

I never used scp before. But I'd just give it a try and it looks like rsync too.
Frankly speak I have no idea about the differences between them, or maybe its security issue ?

acid_kewpie · 06-08-2012, 02:43 AM

no, it's not like rsync. it's like cp, but with a bit of remote connectivity thrown in too.