How to copy a file from my SSH server to my desktop

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How do you copy a file to your desktop from SSH server on Ubuntu?

-1 for not showing any research effort and being too ambiguous. What are the operating systems involved on both sides? Is it Ubuntu → Windows? Windows → Ubuntu? Ubuntu → Ubuntu?

Christian Mann · Answer 1 · 2012-01-03 06:41:17Z

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SCP is probably the easiest way:

scp username@server.com:remote/path/to/file.txt ~/local/path/to/file.txt

answered Jan 3 at 6:41

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BennyInc · Answer 2 · 2012-01-03 08:49:09Z

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If your Desktop is Windows-based, use WinSCP.

answered Jan 3 at 8:49

Or the PuTTY version of scp - pscp. – tidbeck Jan 3 at 14:24

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