I know that scp is frequently used to move files between servers, but I’m not sure how I can reference my computer as a server. If scp is the right command to do this then what am I missing?
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I know that scp is frequently used to move files between servers, but I’m not sure how I can reference my computer as a server. If scp is the right command to do this then what am I missing?
Just scp /some/local/file youruser@yourremoteserver:/remote/path
Reverse the two arugments to copy a remote file to local.