Mac Terminal SSH file transfer?

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Is there a way to transfer files directly from a Mac to another using only Terminal? Perhaps using SSH?

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Yes, you can use scp , which basically cp over ssh. It can work either way also, so: or The first command would copy a file to the remote machine, the second would copy a file from the remote to the local. The syntax is you can do a for more switche…

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