Secure Copy

Secure Copy or scp copies files between hosts on a network.
It uses ssh for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as ssh.

Syntax to copy a file from one linux host to another host that has ssh enabled:

scp -v [path to local file] [remote server username]@[hostname/IP]:/[Destination Folder Path]
```  
 
For e.g.:  
``` 
scp -v /tmp/test.txt root@192.168.1.2:/root/
```