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I am trying to use the linux command Scp to get a file of a server xx.xx.xxx.xx and onto my Desktop. Here is my syntax

scp admin@xx.xx.xxx.xx:/scraper/summary.csv /home/barns/Desktop

I am getting the error

'permission denied (publickey)'

Is my syntax incorrect?

Answer

 scp admin@xx.xx.xxx.xx:~/scraper/summary.csv /home/barns/Desktop

I needed a ~ symbol before the directory name