SCP Command Syntax

scp [OPTION] [user]@[SRC_HOST]:file1 [user]@[DEST_HOST]:file2

[USER]: username [SRC_HOST]: ip [OPTION]:

• P - Specifies the remote host ssh port.
• p - Preserves file modification and access times.
• q - Use this option if you want to suppress the progress meter and non-error messages.
• C - This option forces scp to compress the data as it is sent to the destination machine.
• r - This option tells scp to copy directories recursively.