SCP How To

There are many software that can be use to transfer file. Many people use File Transfer Protocol to transfer file between computers. If you use Operating System Linux, you can use scp.
scp is used for copying file from local to remote host securely. It uses ssh for data transfer and provides the same authentication and same level of security as ssh.
If you want to copy a file from a remote host to the local host:
scp user@remotehost.com:filename /path/local/directory

If you want to copy a file from the local host to a remote host:
scp /path/local/directory user@remotehost.com:filename

If you want to copy a directory from local host to a remote host
scp -r /path/local/directory user@remotehost.com:/path/remote/directory

If you want to copy a directory from remote host to a local host
scp -r user@remotehost.com:/path/remote/directory /path/local/directory

If you want to copy a file from remote host 1 to remote host 2 (copy file between remote host)
scp user@remotehost1.com:/path/remote/host1/filename
user@remotehost2.com:/path/remote/host2/

If you want to use blowfish cipher to encrypt the data being sent:
scp -c blowfish /path/local/directory user@remotehost.com:filename

If you want to compress the file before send:
scp -c blowfish -C /path/local/directory user@remotehost.com:filename