There are 3 Methords to transfer files remotely
Transfer file using scp
Transfer file using sftp
Transfer file using rsyncMethod 1. SCP file transfer Method.
Basic syntax for SCP
scp <OPTIONS> <SOURCE_FILE_OR_DESTINATION> <TARGET_FILE_OR_DESTINATION> <USER>@<HOST_OR_IP>:<REMOTE_DESTINATION>
In case if you want to copy complete directory use -r command for <OPTIONS>
scp <OPTIONS> -r <SOURCE_FILE_OR_DESTINATION> <TARGET_FILE_OR_DESTINATION> <USER>@<HOST_OR_IP>:<REMOTE_DESTINATION>
Example :
Copy single file from local to remote.
scp file.txt user@host_or_ip:/remote/folder/
Copy multiple files from local to remote.
scp file.txt file.txt user@host_or_ip:/remote/folder/
Copy all files from local to remote.
scp * user@host_or_ip:/remote/folder/
Copy all files and folders recursively from local to remote.
scp -r * user@host_or_ip:/remote/folder/
Copy single file from remote to local.
scp user@host_or_ip:/remote/folder/file.txt file.txt
If in case of any permission issues you can try
scp -oIdentityFile=keyfile <LOCAL_FILE> user@host_or_ip:/remote/folder/
Method 2: Transfer file using SFTP or Secure FTP
sftp user@YOUR_HOST
Connected to YOUR_HOST.
sftp> dir file1 file2 file3
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /home/user
sftp> get file2
Fetching /home/user/file2 to file2
/home/user/file2 100% 500KB 900.9KB/s 00:05
sftp> bye
Method 3: Transfer file using rsync
The rsync stands for remote sync and is a tool for remote and local file synchronization.You can also use SSH to secure the rsync session.The given below are the two commands for rsync.
rsync -av --delete --rsh=ssh /path/to/source user@your_host_ip:/remote/folder/
rsync -av --delete -e "ssh" /path/to/source user@your_host_ip:/remote/folder/