freeCodeCamp/guide/english/ssh/moving-files-between-servers/index.md

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Moving files between servers

Moving file from local computer to remote server

• First add public key of remote server to known hosts
• The command to copy files from local computer to remote server is

scp -i <location of servers private key> <file to be transferred> <user>@host:<location where the file has to be transferred>

Moving file from remote server to local computer

• First add public key of remote server to known hosts
• The command to copy files from remote server to local computer is

scp -i <location of servers private key> <user>@<host>:<location of remote file> <location where the file has to be transferred>

Moving file between remote servers

• First add public key of remote servers to known hosts
• The command to copy files between remote server to local computer is

scp -i <location of servers private key> <user1>@<host1>:<location of remote file> <user2>@<host2>:<location where the file has to be transferred>

To move entire directory use -r option

scp -r root@hostname:/source_folder/* /destination_folder/