SHELL

scp download file

scp remote_username@remote_addr:/remote/path/file.txt .

scp download

# download: remote -> local
scp user@remote_host:remote_file local_file 

# upload: local -> remote
scp local_file user@remote_host:remote_file

# upload: with key
scp -i key.pem local_file user@remote_host:remote_file

# upload: specify port
scp -P 2222 local_file user@remote_host:remote_file

scp file download

scp osxdaily@192.168.0.4:filename.zip ~/Desktop/

scp file

scp [source file] [destination]
scp file.txt user@ip:/Desktop/

For directories, add the -r tag
scp -r [source dir] [destination]
scp -r dir/ user@ip:/Desktop/