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Asked: May 29, 20262026-05-29T22:23:40+00:00 2026-05-29T22:23:40+00:00

I connected to Amazon’s linux instance from ssh using private key. I am trying

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I connected to Amazon’s linux instance from ssh using private key. I am trying to copy entire folder from that instance to my local linux machine .

Can anyone tell me the correct scp command to do this?

Or do I need something more than scp?
Both machines are Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

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    2026-05-29T22:23:43+00:00Added an answer on May 29, 2026 at 10:23 pm

    Call scp from client machine with recursive option:

    scp -r user@remote:src_directory dst_directory
    
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