Question

Two questions to ask:

1. I am using scp command to copy a file from a remote server, I am wondering how can I specify the place where to paste the copied file on my local computer?

for example, if I wanna copy a test.txt file from a remote server and paste it on my local computer under /home/myname/tmp/ what is the proper command?
is it

scp SERVER_ADDRESS /home/myname/tmp/

2. If I want to search a file whose name contain text of “test” , what is the command I should use? I mean search for any file with name test , (‘_’ is a wildcard)

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what is the difference between “find” and “grep”?

Answer 1

1:

scp SERVER_ADDRESS:/path/to/remote/file.txt /path/to/local/file.txt

2:

find . -name "*test*"

This will search for files/directories containing “test” anywhere in the filename. The search will start from the current directory . To search in another path, use find /path/ -name "*test*". If you only want to search in files, that is, exclude directories, then add -type f before the -name option.