scp from Linux to Windows

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user1344963 picture user1344963 · Apr 19, 2012 · Viewed 371.6k times · Source

I am running a putty client on a Windows machine to connect successfully to a Linux box. Now I want to be able to copy a file from the Linux machine under the path /home/ubuntu/myfile to C:/Users/Anshul/Desktop on my local computer. The user at the Windows machine is anshul. I am giving the following command on putty but it is not working:

scp /home/ubuntu/myfile ip_address_of_windows_machine:C:/Users/Anshul/Desktop

I think the path for the Windows machine is wrong. Please help as I have banged my head on a large number of forums but none seem to give correct path for Windows server. Don't suggest alternate options like WinScp

Answer

Hesham Eraqi picture Hesham Eraqi · Jun 8, 2016

Download pscp from Putty download page, then use it from Windows Command Line CMD as follows:

pscp username_linux_machine@ip_of_linux_machine:/home/ubuntu/myfile.ext C:\Users\Name\Downloads

Copying starts once you enter the password for the Linux machine.

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