scp - secure file/dir copy using encrypted SSH protocol
# Copy file from a local pc to a remote pc
scp file.txt 192.168.1.50:/home/user/
# scp Source_path Destination_path
# Copy a directory and its contents
scp -r files 192.168.1.50:/home/user/
# "files" is a directory
# Copy file from remote
scp 192.168.1.50:/home/user/remote-file.txt /home/user/
# Use a remote user
scp file.txt user2@192.168.1.50:/home/user2/
file.txt 100% 8 1.9KB/s 00:00
rsync
rsync - fast and versatile file-copying tool for synchronizing files and directories between two locations over a remote shell (or local)
it is widely used for backups and mirroring
it sends only the differences between the source files and the existing files in the destination.
# Copy file from local pc to remote pc
rsync -azvh file2.txt user@192.168.1.50:/tmp/
user@192.168.1.50's password:
sending incremental file list
file2.txt
sent 119 bytes received 35 bytes 44.00 bytes/sec
total size is 7 speedup is 0.05
# a = archive mode - recursive copying into directories and preserve files user permissions and ownership
# v = verbose mode
# z = compress data during transfer (beneficial for large files)
# h = human readable format output
rsync -azvh --progress file2.txt user@192.168.1.50:/tmp/
file2.txt 7 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)
sent 119 bytes received 35 bytes 34.22 bytes/sec
total size is 7 speedup is 0.05
# Check the total bytes sent
--dry-run # Test run with no changes made
