Hard to Resolve :- "SCP copies files successfully, but files not visible in local computer"

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John picture John · Apr 23, 2014 · Viewed 16k times · Source

I want to download file from server to my local Linux machine. I am using the following command 

scp -r username@remote:/path/to/folder /dest/local/path

File successfully transfer;But in my local folder file doesn't see. What's wrong with me?

Thanks.

Answer

ANUJ GUPTA picture ANUJ GUPTA · Apr 16, 2020

I was facing the same problem. The error I was making was that I was running the SCP command on the remote server instead you need to run it on your local.

When you run the command on the server it shows a similar interface of the file being downloaded, that is why some people might be missing it.

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