NOTE: Use rsync instead of scp. rsync is faster and can give you the ability to see progress and pause/resume downloads with the -P flag. it also gives you compression with -z
Basic syntax is this:
scp fileToCopy user@remoteServer:Location
use the -P (capital P) flag for port. -p (small p) is reserved for rsync time.
scp -P 2200 /file-to-copy user@server.com:/location-to-copy-to
scp -P 2200 -i ~/.ssh/rsa_key /file-to-copy user@server.com:/location-to-copy-to
If you have saved ssh keys already and there is only one key for the server you are copying to, scp much like ssh will automatically pick up the key and you will not have to pass the -i argument. You will still have to specify the port you are using though if it is anything other than 22.
scp -P 2200 -i ~/.ssh/rsa_key /file-to-copy user@server.com:/location-to-copy-to
scp -P2200 -i ~/.ssh/kh /Users/aamnah/Dropbox/backup-7.14.2013_06-03-28_noor.tar.gz root@server9.hostmarkaz.com:~/
you can pass all ssh options to scp as well.
1# scp -i ~/.ssh/SSH_KEY REMOTE_USER@REMOTE_SERVER:REMOTE_FILE_PATH LOCAL_SAVE_LOCATION
2scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa root@myserver.com:home/root/filefoobar.tar.gz ~/Downloads