Transfer files to/from session I'm logged in with PuTTY

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blue-sky picture blue-sky · Mar 30, 2011 · Viewed 255.6k times · Source

I'm logged into a remote host using PuTTY.

What is the command to transfer files from my local machine to the machine I'm logged into on PuTTY?

Answer

Guido Domenici picture Guido Domenici · Mar 30, 2011

This is probably not a direct answer to what you're asking, but when I need to transfer files over a SSH session I use WinSCP, which is an excellent file transfer program over SCP or SFTP. Of course this assumes you're on Windows.

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