Download file on existing SSH session

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Is there any way to download a file on an existing SSH session?

I know we can use scp but how come there is no command to download / upload a file while you are on a ssh session?

e.g

server(myuser) > download remote-file-location local-file-location

scp can push as well as pull (assuming the other host has ssh also) so you can just scp the file in the other direction.

RedGrittyBrick · Answer 1 · 2011-06-13 11:18:21Z

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If your SSH client supports zmodem (e.g. Kitty), you can use sz filename.

Otherwise you can play with uuencode, cat, SSH logging and uudecode.

answered Jun 13 '11 at 11:18

	My ssh client or my ssh server machine? I'm using the built in open-ssh client @ linux – Fisher Jun 13 '11 at 12:37
	@Fisher: Client. As far as I know, the Linux client doesn't support zmodem. – RedGrittyBrick Jun 13 '11 at 14:27

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