10 SCP Commands To Transfer Files - Folders in Linux PDF

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10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux
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10SCPCommandstoTransferFiles/FoldersinLinux
ByPungkiAriantoUnder:LinuxCommandsOn:October4,2013
Key
SCP
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LinuxadministratorshouldbefamiliarwithCLIenvironment.SinceGUImodeinLinuxserversisnota
commontobeinstalled.SSHmaythemostpopularprotocoltoenableLinuxadministratortomanagethe
serversviaremoteinsecureway.BuiltinwithSSHcommandthereisSCPcommand.SCPisusedtocopy
file(s)betweenserversinsecureway.
http://www.tecmint.com/scp-commands-examples/
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10LinuxSCPCommands
Thebelowcommandwillreadascopysource_file_nameintodestination_folderatdestination_host
usingusernameaccount.
BasicsyntaxofSCP
scp source_file_name username@destination_host:destination_folder
TherearemuchparametersinSCPcommandthatyoucanuse.Herearetheparametersthatmayusefulondaily
basisusage.
ProvidethedetailinformationofSCPprocessusingvparameter
BasicSCPcommandwithoutparameterwillcopythefilesinbackground.Userwillseenothingunlessthe
processisdoneorsomeerrorappears.Youcanusevparametertoprintdebuginformationintothescreen.It
canhelpyoudebuggingconnection,authenticationandconfigurationproblems.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -v Label.pdf mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
SampleOutput
Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 202.x.x.x, user mrarianto, command scp -v -t .
OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-3, OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 202.x.x.x [202.x.x.x] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: Host '202.x.x.x' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/pungki/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: Next authentication method: password
mrarianto@202.x.x.x's password:
debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
Authenticated to 202.x.x.x ([202.x.x.x]:22).
Sending file modes: C0770 3760348 Label.pdf
Sink: C0770 3760348 Label.pdf
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 136.0KB/s 00:27
Transferred: sent 3766304, received 3000 bytes, in 65.2 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 57766.4, received 46.0
debug1: Exit status 0
Providemodificationtimes,accesstimes,andmodesfromoriginalfiles
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Thepparameterwillhelpyouonthis.Anestimatedtimeandtheconnectionspeedwillappearonthescreen.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -p Label.pdf mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
SampleOutput
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 126.6KB/s 00:29
MakefiletransferfasterusingCparameter
OneofparameterthatcanfasteryourfiletransferisCparameter.TheCparameterwillcompressyour
filesonthego.Theuniquethingisthecompressionisonlyhappeninthenetwork.Whenthefileisarrivedto
thedestinationserver,itwillreturningintotheoriginalsizeasbeforethecompressionhappen.
Takealookofthesecommands.Itisusingasinglefileof93Mb.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -pv messages.log mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
SampleOutput
Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 202.x.x.x, user mrarianto, command scp -v -p -t .
debug1: identity file /home/pungki/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: Trying private key: /home/pungki/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Sending command: scp -v -p -t .
File mtime 1323853868 atime 1380425711
Sending file timestamps: T1323853868 0 1380425711 0
messages.log 100% 93MB 58.6KB/s 27:05
CopyingfilewithoutCparameterwillresult1661.3second.Yomaycomparetheresulttothecommand
belowwhichusingCparameter.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -Cpv messages.log mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
SampleOutput
Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 202.x.x.x, user mrarianto, command scp -v -p -t .
debug1: identity file /home/pungki/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: Host '202.x.x.x' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/pungki/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Enabling compression at level 6.
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debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug1: Sending command: scp -v -p -t .
File mtime 1323853868 atime 1380428748
Sending file timestamps: T1323853868 0 1380428748 0
Sink: T1323853868 0 1380428748 0
Sending file modes: C0600 97517300 messages.log
messages.log 100% 93MB 602.7KB/s 02:38
debug1: compress outgoing: raw data 97571111, compressed 8806191, factor 0.09
debug1: compress incoming: raw data 7885, compressed 3821, factor 0.48
Asyoucansee,whenyouareusingcompression,transferprocessisdonein162.5second.Itis10timesfaster
thannotusingCparameter.Ifyouarecopyingalotfilesacrossthenetwork,Cparameterwouldhelpyou
todecreasethetotaltimeyouneed.
Thethingthatweshouldnoticethatcompressionmethodwillnotworkonanyfiles.Whenthesourcefileis
alreadycompressed,youwillnotfindanyimprovementthere.Filessuchas.zip,.rar,pictures,and.isofiles
willnotaffectedbyCparameter.
Selectanotherciphertoencryptfiles
BydefaultSCPusingAES128toencryptfiles.Ifyouwanttochangetoanotherciphertoencryptit,youcan
usecparameter.Takealookofthiscommand.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -c 3des Label.pdf mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 282.5KB/s 00:13
AbovecommandtellSCPtouse3desalgorithmtoencryptfile.Pleasebecarefulthatthisparameterusingc
notC.
Limitingbandwidthusage
Anotherparameterthatmayusefulislparameter.Thelparameterwilllimitthebandwidthtouse.Itwill
beusefulifyoudoanautomationscripttocopyalotoffile,butyoudontwantthebandwidthisdrainedbythe
SCPprocess.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -l 400 Label.pdf mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 50.3KB/s 01:13
The400valuebehindlparameterismeanthatwelimitthebandwidthforSCPprocessonly50KB/sec.One
thingtorememberthatbandwidthisspecifiedinKilobits/sec(kbps).Itismeanthat8bitsequalwith1byte.
WhileSCPcountsinKilobyte/sec(KB/s).SoifyouwanttolimityourbandwidthforSCPmaximumonly50
KB/s,youneedtosetitinto50x8=400.
SpecifyspecificporttousewithSCP
UsuallySCPisusingport22asadefaultport.Butforsecurityreason,youmaychangetheportintoanother
port.Forexample,weareusingport2249.Thenthecommandshouldbelikethis.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -P 2249 Label.pdf mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 262.3KB/s 00:14
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MakesurethatitusecapitalPnotp,sincepisalreadyusedforpreservedtimesandmodes.
Copyfilesinsidedirectoryrecursively
Sometimesweneedtocopydirectoryandallfiles/directoriesinsideit.Itwillbebetterifwecandoitin1
command.SCPsupportthatscenariousingrparameter.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -r documents mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 282.5KB/s 00:13
scp.txt 100% 10KB 9.8KB/s 00:00
Whenthecopyprocessisdone,atthedestinationserveryouwillfoundadirectorynameddocumentswith
allitsfiles.Thefolderdocumentsisautomaticallycreated.
Disableprogressmeterandwarning/diagnosticmessage
Ifyouchoosenottoseeprogressmeterandwarning/diagnosticmessagesfromSCP,youmaydisableitusing
qparameter.Herestheexample.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -q Label.pdf mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $
Asyoucansee,aftertheyouenterthepassword,thereisnoanyinformationaboutSCPprocess.Afterthe
processiscomplete,youwillbeseeapromptagain.
CopyfilesusingSCPthroughProxy
Proxyserverisusuallyusedinofficeenvironment.Natively,SCPisnotproxyconfigured.Whenyour
environmentusingproxy,youhavetotellSCPtocommunicatewiththeproxy.
Heresthescenario.Theproxyaddressis10.0.96.6andtheproxyportis8080.Theproxyalsoimplemented
userauthentication.First,youneedtocreate~/.ssh/configfile.Secondyouputthiscommandinsideit.
ProxyCommand /usr/bin/corkscrew 10.0.96.6 8080 %h %p ~/.ssh/proxyauth
Thenyouneedtocreatefile~/.ssh/proxyauthwhichcontain.
myusername:mypassword
AfterthatyoucandoSCPtransparentlyasusual.
Pleasenoticethatcorkscrewismightnotinstalledyetonyoursystem.OnmyLinuxMint,Ineedtoinstallit
first,usingstandardLinuxMintinstallationprocedure.
$ apt-get install corkscrew
Forotheryumbasedsystems,userscaninstallcorkscrewusingthefollowingyumcommand.
# yum install corkscrew
Anotherthingthatsince~/.ssh/proxyauthfilecontainyourusernameandpasswordincleartext
format,pleasemakesurethatthefilecanbeaccessedbyyouonly.
Selectdifferentssh_configfile
Formobileuserwhooftenswitchbetweencompanynetworkandpublicnetwork,itwillbesuffertoalways
changesettingsinSCP.Itisbetterifwecanputadifferentssh_configfiletomatchourneeds.
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Heresasamplescenario
Proxyisusedincompanynetworkbutnotinpublicnetworkandyouareregularlyswitchnetwork.
pungki@mint ~/Documents $ scp -F /home/pungki/proxy_ssh_config Label.pdf
mrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
Label.pdf 100% 3672KB 282.5KB/s 00:13
Bydefaultssh_configfileperuserwillbeplacedin~/.ssh/config.Creatingaspecificssh_configfile
withproxycompatible,willmakeyoueasiertoswitchbetweennetworks.
Whenyouareoncompanynetwork,youcanuseFparameter.Whenyouareonpublicnetwork,youcan
skipFparameter.
ThatsallaboutSCP.YoucanseemanpagesofSCPformoredetail.Pleasefeelfreetoleavecommentsand
suggestions.
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Kamisays:
1. October5,2013at3:04am
Thanks,greatandvaluablesummary.
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RoseHosting.comsays:
2. October5,2013at6:27pm
nicewriteuponmostcommonscpusageexamples.itwillsurelybeusefultoanyonelookingonhowto
usescp.
toaddtoit,onecanalsousescptoedit/createfilesremotelyusingvim+scp.forexample,toedit
/etc/hostsonaremoteserverwheresshislisteningonport8822onecando:
vimscp://root@:8822//etc/hosts
ifsshisonitsdefaultport22thenthe:8822partcanbeomitted
itcomeshandysometimessoIthoughtwillshareitwithyou)
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PungkiAriantosays:
October8,2013at2:12pm
Thankyouforyourshare.Itishandy:)
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Rahulsays:
October6,2013at7:48am
scpCpvmessages.logmrarianto@202.x.x.x:.
compressoptionmostusefultomeasitransferlotoffilesthatcouldbecompressed.
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PungkiAriantosays:
Thankyou.Nicetoseethisarticlecanbeuseful
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4.
Johnsays:
October6,2013at11:03am
Itsworthnotingthatrsyncwillhappilycopyoversshandwillthereforedoalloftheabovewiththe
samesecuritybutwithmuchmorepowerfulcopyingoptions.
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marksays:
November20,2014at1:36am
Andrsyncwillalsocopyhiddenfileswhilescpdoesnot
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5.
HkonNsays:
WhileSCPcountsinKilobyte/sec(KB/s).SoifyouwanttolimityourbandwidthforSCPmaximum
only50KB/s,youneedtosetitinto50x8=400.
SCPcountsinkilobits,youmean.Kb/s.Otherwiseyouwouldnthavetomultiply..
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PungkiAriantosays:
Yes.Itwasmymistake.
ImeanSCPcountinkilobits.IcrosscheckedwithSCPmanualpages.Thankyou
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6.
HkonNsays:
SCPdisplaysthespeedinKB/swouldbebettertosay.Youshouldclearifyitmorethattheparameter
expectsbits,butitdisplaysinbytes..
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mariosays:
Thanksalotveryuseful!Keepwriting,please!
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Thankyouverymuch.
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Aktarsays:
January27,2014at10:59am
Thanksalotfortheinfo
Itsveryuseful.
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Aktarsays:
January27,2014at11:03am
Justwantedtoknowindetailhowwecanusedifferentconfigfile.
Wouldbereallygreatifyouprovidethedetaileddescription.
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Nitinsays:
February26,2014at3:35pm
Hi,
Thanksforsharingimportantinformation,buthoweveritdoesnotsolvemyproblem.
Ihaveonebackupserverandonemainftpserver.Ihavetoexecuteascriptfrombackupservertomove
thefilesfromapath1onmainftpservertoanotherpath2onthesamemainftpserver.Icannotusessh
forthis.
Canyousuggestmehowcaniperformthis??
Anyinformationandguidancewillbeappreciable.
Thanksagainfortheinformation.
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Thisisaterrificpost!Ithelpedmetobackupallofmydatafrommypreviouscomputertomynewone.
Thescprandyoujustsavedmealotofmoney!Haha
ThankyousomuchandkeepgoingonsharingallofthishelpfulstufftoalltheLinuxcommunity.
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Incrediblyusefulstuff.Thanksomuchforpublishing.Cisalifesaver!
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Excellentwriteup.Veryhelpful.Thankyou!ButthelocaluserdirectoryonMacOSXwasntbeing
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myrootdirectory,butthetransferbrokeoffandnothingwasactuallycopied,possilbyduetopermissions
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Mycommandwasasfollows,forcopyingremotetolocal:scpprCroot@lvps17877101
202:/var/www/vhosts~/Downloads/ppcombackup
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TonyKellersays:
July23,2014at12:59am
WhatisthepathsyntaxforcopyingafilefromaLinuxboxtoaWindowsbox?Iwillhaveakeysomy
commandwouldlike:
scp$FILE_HOME/${CSV1}svc_usercopy@$job_server:D:\KronosMasterFile
Directory\Employees\EmployeesImport.csv
IdontknowiftheLinuxservercareswhattheWindowsdirectorylookslikeornot.Anyideasonhow
thisshouldlook?
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RaviSaivesays:
July23,2014at3:26pm
Noidea,neverevertriedthis.
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Jagdishkumarsays:
July31,2014at2:38pm
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IjustwanttosayyouAllguysforsharinghelpfulinformation.Pleasekeepitupsowecanlearnalot:)
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Ialsowanttoletyouknowhowthiswashelpfulforme!
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10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

10 SCP Commands to Transfer Files/Folders in Linux

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