Just as all modern Unix-like systems have an SSH
client, they also have SCP and SFTP clients. To copy a file from your
computer to another computer with ssh, go to a command-line and type:
scp <file> <username>@<IP address or hostname>:<Destination>
For example, to copy your TPS Reports to Joe's Desktop:
scp "TPS Reports.odw" joe@laptop:Desktop/
This will copy TPS Reports.odw to /home/joe/Desktop, because SCP uses your home folder as the destination unless the destination folder begins with a '/'.
To copy the pictures from your holiday to your website, you could do:
scp -r /media/disk/summer_pics/ mike@192.168.1.1:"/var/www/Summer 2008/"
The -r (recursive) option means to copy the whole folder and any sub-folders. You can also copy files the other way:
scp -r catbert@192.168.1.103:/home/catbert/evil_plans/ .The '.' means to copy the file to the current directory. Alternatively, you could use secret_plans instead of '.', and the folder would be renamed.
