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SCP(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCP(1)
NAME (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
**scp** -- secure copy (remote file copy program)SYNOPSIS (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
**scp**
_host1_ :]_file1 ..._ _host2_ :]_file2_DESCRIPTION (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
**scp** copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data
transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same secu-
rity as ssh(1). Unlike rcp(1), **scp** will ask for passwords or
passphrases if they are needed for authentication.
File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate that
the file is to be copied to/from that host. Local file names can be
made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames to avoid **scp** treat-
ing file names containing `:' as host specifiers. Copies between two
remote hosts are also permitted.
The options are as follows:
**-1** Forces **scp** to use protocol 1.
**-2** Forces **scp** to use protocol 2.
**-3** Copies between two remote hosts are transferred through the
local host. Without this option the data is copied directly
between the two remote hosts. Note that this option disables
the progress meter.
**-4** Forces **scp** to use IPv4 addresses only.
**-6** Forces **scp** to use IPv6 addresses only.
**-B** Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or
passphrases).
**-C** Compression enable. Passes the **-C** flag to ssh(1) to enable
compression.
**-c** _cipher_
Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer.
This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
**-F** _ssh_config_
Specifies an alternative per-user configuration file for **ssh**.
This option is directly passed to ssh(1).
**-i** _identity_file_
Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for pub-
lic key authentication is read. This option is directly passed
to ssh(1).
**-l** _limit_
Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.
**-o** _ssh_option_
Can be used to pass options to **ssh** in the format used in
ssh_config(5). This is useful for specifying options for which
there is no separate **scp** command-line flag. For full details
of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
ssh_config(5).
AddressFamily
BatchMode
BindAddress
CanonicalDomains
CanonicalizeFallbackLocal
CanonicalizeHostname
CanonicalizeMaxDots
CanonicalizePermittedCNAMEs
ChallengeResponseAuthentication
CheckHostIP
Cipher
Ciphers
Compression
CompressionLevel
ConnectionAttempts
ConnectTimeout
ControlMaster
ControlPath
ControlPersist
GlobalKnownHostsFile
GSSAPIAuthentication
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials
HashKnownHosts
Host
HostbasedAuthentication
HostKeyAlgorithms
HostKeyAlias
HostName
IdentityFile
IdentitiesOnly
IPQoS
KbdInteractiveAuthentication
KbdInteractiveDevices
KexAlgorithms
LogLevel
MACs
NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
NumberOfPasswordPrompts
PasswordAuthentication
PKCS11Provider
Port
PreferredAuthentications
Protocol
ProxyCommand
PubkeyAuthentication
RekeyLimit
RhostsRSAAuthentication
RSAAuthentication
SendEnv
ServerAliveInterval
ServerAliveCountMax
StrictHostKeyChecking
TCPKeepAlive
UsePrivilegedPort
User
UserKnownHostsFile
VerifyHostKeyDNS
**-P** _port_
Specifies the port to connect to on the remote host. Note that
this option is written with a capital `P', because **-p** is
already reserved for preserving the times and modes of the file
in rcp(1).
**-p** Preserves modification times, access times, and modes from the
original file.
**-q** Quiet mode: disables the progress meter as well as warning and
diagnostic messages from ssh(1).
**-r** Recursively copy entire directories. Note that **scp** follows
symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal.
**-S** _program_
Name of _program_ to use for the encrypted connection. The pro-
gram must understand ssh(1) options.
**-v** Verbose mode. Causes **scp** and ssh(1) to print debugging mes-
sages about their progress. This is helpful in debugging con-
nection, authentication, and configuration problems.EXIT STATUS (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
The **scp** utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.SEE ALSO (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
rcp(1), sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1),
ssh_config(5), sshd(8)HISTORY (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
**scp** is based on the rcp(1) program in BSD source code from the Regents
of the University of California.AUTHORS (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
Timo Rinne <[email protected]_ >
Tatu Ylonen <[email protected]_ >COLOPHON (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/scp.1.html#top_of_page)
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