How to SCP

SCP stands for Secure Copy Protocol. It is a network protocol that copies data from one remote location to another through a secure connection.

To scp into a file, you must include a source and a destination.

scp <source> <destination>

In the source, you type in the path to the file you want to copy. In order to connect to the remote device, you must know the username of that device as well as the host of that device. Then you would add in the path to the destination you want your file to be in.

scp /path/to/file username@host:/path/to/destination

You may even require a port number as well.

scp -P 80 /path/to/file username@host:/path/to/destination