What is the command to transfer the file stored in lab3READM

What is the command to transfer the file stored in ~/lab3/README from your CSE 15L account to the same directory on your current computer. Use your cs15x account.

my cs15x account is cs15xww

Solution

Secure Copy (scp)

scp allows files to be copied to, from, or between different hosts. It uses ssh for data transfer and provides the same authentication and same level of security as ssh.

The basic syntax of scp is

-r is uesd to copy an entire directory from one host to another and specify the directory

This copies the folder README from a remote host to the local host