How do I scp via ssh?

To copy from REMOTE to LOCAL:

scp -P 12345 user@server:/path/to/remote/file /path/to/local/file

To copy from LOCAL to REMOTE:

scp -P 12345 /path/to/local/file user@server:/path/to/remote/file

Note: The switch to specify port for scp is -P instead of -p

If you want to copy all files in a directory you can use wildcards like below:

scp -P 12345 user@server:/path/to/remote/dir/* /path/to/local/dir/

or even

scp -P 12345 user@server:/path/to/remote/dir/*.txt /path/to/local/dir/

You should use something like this

scp -P 12345 -p some_file [email protected]:

This will copy some_file to your home directory on the remote server. Change the name or path by putting the alternative immediately after the : (no space). Swap the arguments to copy back to the local system.

The -P 12345 is equivalent to your -p 12345 and the -p flag tells scp to maintain the timestamps and permissions for the destination file.

If you are doing this frequently I would suggest adding some config in the file ~/.ssh/config

add the following lines

Host highlabs
   Hostname gateway.highlabs.co
   User marcus
   Port 12345

Then you can

ssh highlabs

or

scp highlabs:/path/to/file /local/path/to/file

to copy from the server

or

scp /local/path/to/file highlabs:/remote/path/to/file

to copy to the server

If you are using key auth tab completion works the whole way, For example ssh hi<tab> will finish off the word and scp highlabs:/et<tab> will expand to /etc after checking the files on the remote server