How to copy a file to another directory using ssh?

Question

How would I copy somefile.zip to another directory?

Answer 1

If you are connected to a shell session via ssh, and the file exists on the remote system, you can use the cp command.

cp sourcefile destfile

If the file exists on the local system you should use sftp. If your local machine runs Windows, WinSCP is an excellent sftp client.

Answer 2

Assuming you're using the command line then like this

scp myfile.txt dest/

for a local file or alternatively

scp user@myserver:/path/to/myfile.txt user@myserver:/path/to/dest/

Answer 3

If you are using Win32, Tunnellier is a reasonable solution which not only allows file transfer, but secure remote access as well.