scp command in ubuntu with examples

I used the scp command primarily in the following cases:

• When download the files from the AWS EC2 instance to my local environment.
• Download the files from the Ubuntu Server(Not AWS EC2) to my local environment.

 

 

 

1.  Download the files from the AWS EC2 instance to my local environment.

1. In my local environment, go to the folder in which *.pem or *.ppk file exists, then enter the below command:
2. Enter my ec2 public ip address

 

1-1. Download only one file

scp -i [your pem file] ubuntu@[ec2 public ip]:/home/ubuntu/gt-3/logs/jcodelib.log ~/Desktop/logs/

 

 

1-2. Download several files whose filename extensions are the same.

# Use '\*'
scp -i [your pem file] ubuntu@[ec2 public ip]:/home/ubuntu/gt-3/logs/\*.log ~/Desktop/logs/

# Use only '*' is not working
scp -i [your pem file] ubuntu@[ec2 public ip]:/home/ubuntu/gt-3/logs/*.log ~/Desktop/logs/

 

 

2. Download the files from the Ubuntu Server(Not AWS EC2) to my local environment.