How can I copy a file from a remote server to using Putty in Windows?

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Sandeep · Jun 2, 2011 · Viewed 223.3k times · Source

How do I copy a file from a remote server to my local Windows system using a Putty session?

Answer

It worked using PSCP. Instructions:

Download PSCP.EXE from Putty download page
Open command prompt and type set PATH=<path to the pscp.exe file>
In command prompt point to the location of the pscp.exe using cd command
Type pscp
use the following command to copy file form remote server to the local system
```
pscp [options] [user@]host:source target
```

So to copy the file /etc/hosts from the server example.com as user fred to the file c:\temp\example-hosts.txt, you would type:

pscp [email protected]:/etc/hosts c:\temp\example-hosts.txt