There are plenty of tools for transferring files between two computers on the Linux command line, but the scp and rsync commands will cover almost any use case. Heres how and when to use them.

Learn how to use the scp command to transfer files securely with this step-by-step tutorial by expert Jack Wallen.

Secure Copy is a UNIX standard used to transfer files from one computer to another. He's how to use the function in macOS, all via the Terminal window.

scp We can also use single line scp commands to download and upload files to the cluster as seen in the example above. In the first command, we pull the file "run2" from comet to our local computer in ...

FTP was the popular protocol for file transfer but short of using FTPS, it doesn't provide the security required these days. Here's how to use Secure Copy (SCP) for file transfer.

As you can see, pscp syntax is scp syntax. This command would copy the myfile.txt file from the C: drive to the home directory of “user” on myserver.

The ' scp ' command, which allows you to exchange files with remote servers, has been popular in system management and software development for many years, but the latest version of the open ...

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.