Day-to-Day Linux

Updated 30 October 2024

Use of “rsync” command

shell
# Command
rsync -av --progress <source file location> <destination location>

# Example
# Source File "test1.txt" is on localhost
# Destination server IP Address: 172.16.20.28 & User: root
# Destination Path: /tmp/

rsync -av --progress test1.txt [email protected]:/tmp/

Use of “scp” command

shell
 # Command
 scp <source> <destination>
 
 # Example with directory copy
 scp -r /tmp/prometheus [email protected]:/tmp/
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