scp Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use scp commmand.
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What is Linux scp Command?

In this tutorial we learn how to use scp command.

From the man page:

scp is a tool for transfering data from or to a server. It supports these protocols: DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET or TFTP. The command is designed to work without user interaction.

scp offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user authentication, FTP upload, HTTP post, SSL connections, cookies, file transfer resume and more.

scp Syntax

scp <options> <url>

scp Examples

scp Command Manual / Help

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of scp command.

scp command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for scp command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man scp

To open info page for scp command we can use command below.

info scp

To open help page from scp command we can run command below.

scp --help

References

You can find more information about scp from the following links:

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to use scp with practical examples.

Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.