Macos – the terminal command to retrieve files from a remote server using ssh in Mac OS X

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I normally ssh into my remote server in order to administrate my files using terminal for Mac OS X.

I don't understand how I retrieve (download) files from the server to my local computer, or send files from my local computer to the server (upload).

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To grab a file over SSH:

$ scp host:/path/to/file local_file

To send a file:

$ scp local_file host:/path/to/file

scp is "secure copy", a copy utility that sends files over an SSH connection.

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It also works another way round

scp localfile username@host:/path/remotefile

Username, path, and filename can be omitted (but not the : !).

As Iain said, SFTP works also, but I tend to favor scp for its cp-like usage.

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Firstly, don't use RDC use CoRD. IMHO it's far superior to Microsoft's effort.

Using CoRD, setup a new connection checking 'Forward disks' in the process. Once you connect to the server open up 'My Computer' and you'll see your local drives mounted remotely as network shares.

You can then drag and drop to your hearts content :)

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