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Asked: 2011-09-04 23:53:44 +0800 CST

How to copy file to another machine through terminal?

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I have Ubuntu 10.04 running through VMPlayer. And I have another machine (Asus RT-N16 router). I am able to connect to the router with telnet and see its file system. How can I copy the file from the local machine (file is /home/user/helloworld-c) to the router (folder */tmp/mnt/discb_1*)?

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  1. Best Answer

    Is there possibility to connect via SSH? Maybe you should consider "scp" utitlity. It's very simple, look to the manual page:

    man scp

    The very basic usage:

    scp remote_user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/file /path/to/local/file

    and vice versa:

    scp /path/to/local/file remote_user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/file
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  2. To copy a non empty directory from the remote computer to your computer:

    scp -r [email protected]:/home/vrc/Desktop/www /home/ourusername/Desktop

    To copy a file just exclude the -r option:

    scp [email protected]:/home/vrc/Desktop/file1 /home/ourusername/Desktop

    To copy from your computer to the remote computer, just switch the location and destination in the previous example. For more info do man scp.

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  3. Another way you can do: ( via pem file )

    If you want to use pem file and you are ROOT user:

    1. root user:

    sudo scp -i ~/servers/your-key.pem ~/your-local-source-path/your-local-file.txt [email protected]:/you-server-destination-path/

    note the colon : between server IP and destination path.

    if I can't logged in with root user, see step 2.

    2. standard user:

    suppose you are ubuntu user with standard privileges.

    sudo scp -i ~/servers/your-key.pem ~/your-local-source-path/your-local-file.txt [email protected]:/home/ubuntu/

    this will put the file in home directory. then login to remote sever with standard user. and do

    sudo su

    you'll switched to root user. then move the file to destination directory

    mv /home/ubuntu/your-local-file.txt /you-server-destination-path/your-local-file.txt

    I often encounter this problem, therefore sharing an alternative way to get the job done !

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