I need to download a file from server to my desktop. (UBUNTU 10.04) I don’t have a web access to the server, just ssh.
If it helps, my OS is Mac OS X and iTerm 2 as a terminal.
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Answer
In your terminal, type:
scp your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt /local/dir
replacing the username, host, remote filename, and local directory as appropriate.
If you want to access EC2 (or other service that requires authenticating with a private key), use the -i option:
scp -i key_file.pem your_username@remotehost.edu:/remote/dir/foobar.txt /local/dir