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SCP allows you to transfer files over ssh between computers

Copying to remote machines

To copy a file to a remote machine run the following

scp ~/file/to/be/transfered username@hostname:~/destinationfolder

If you want to copy a directory you would use -r which would look like this

scp -r  /folder/to/be/transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination

and if you want to specify a SSH port use -P which would look like this

scp -P port-here /file/to/be/transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination

Grabbing from remote machines

To grab a file from a remote machine you would run the following

scp username@hostname:~/path/to/file/you/want /path/where/you/want/to/save/the/file

If you wanted a folder you would use -r which would look like this

scp -r username@hostname:~/path/to/folder/you/want /path/where/you/want/to/save/the/folder

and if you wanted to specify a SSH port use -P which would look like this

scp -P port-here username@hostname:~/path/to/file/you/want /path/to/destination

Mounting folders over SSH

Using SSHFS we can mount folders over ssh. To get started you'll need to installl sshfs

apt-get install sshfs

Create a dir to mount the files too and give your user ownership over it

mkdir /media/sshmount
chown username /media/sshmount

Then add your user to fuse group

adduser username fuse

You should be then able to mount using the following command

sshfs username@hostname:/path/to/folder/you/want/to/mount /media/sshmount

For Windows Users

If your on windows and you want to send or grab files over ssh you can using pscp
To send a file you would run the following

pscp C:\file\to\be\transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination

To grab a file you would run the following

pscp username@hostname:~/path/to/file/you/want C:\path\where\you\want\the\file\saved

When using pscp the -r switch will work for folders and -P will also work for port