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Asked: 2012-03-15 11:59:27 +0800 CST

Download file through SSH

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Currently I use a script to put an image on the target server:

dd if=100mb.bin | ssh backup-server "dd of=/home/backupvps/blaa/100mb.bin"

However, how can I retrieve this very same file? I'd rather not use any FTP or Web server, but native commands.

linux ssh

3 Answers

  1. As Max Alginin says, scp should work fine:

    scp user@backup-server:/home/backupvps/blaa/100mb.bin /some/location/here/

    I'd look into rsync though; uses a delta transfer algorithm, more efficient.

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  2. Best Answer

    If for some reason scp doesn't work for this purpose, you can simply:

    ssh backup-server 'cat /home/backupvps/blaa/100mb.bin' > 100mb.bin
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  3. A lightweight option is to use netcat. ( Illustration )

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