Download a file from a linux remote server using ssh

Question

I have backup all my website files to a zip folder from cpanel. Now I want to download this zip folder to my local drive. I searched on internet and found command line code 'scp' but its not working for me.

scp myusername@remotehost.edu:file.zip D:/

I am currently in 'public_html' directory using SSH.

Answer 1

Check this tutorial, it's very well explained

scp command line to securely copy files over ssh, between Linux, Mac or Windows

Examples:

scp *.txt user@remote.server.com:/home/user/ That is going to copy all files with .txt extension to the folder /home/user in the remote.server.com host

scp -r miguel@10.1.2.2:/home/user/ user@10.1.2.3:/home/user/

Answer 2

It seems like you are using windows, so you should have a look at winscp (http://winscp.net/), which is a graphical interface for scp.

Answer 3

If you want to use a command-line from windows then you could give pscp a try from the putty toolkit.

Answer 4

Try using a SFTP client such as

• Flash FXP - a paid ftp client with great options
• Filezilla Client a free and opensource client