Download file from ssh to local

 · There's no way to initiate a file transfer back to/from local Windows from a SSH session opened in PuTTY window. If you don't have direct access to the server ip, do a ssh tunnel throught putty, and forward the 80 port in some local port, and you can download the file. Share. Follow answered Jun 10 '16 at jacm jacm  · However, sometimes you will need to download a file from SSH to your local desktop, such as if you are using one of our Linux VPS servers. And there’s no simple command from within the SSH terminal itself to do this. The two environments are too far apart. WinSCP is a free SSH file transfer and remote execution client with powerful scripting capabilities for Windows. Download now. synchronize - synchronizes a local directory with a remote directory, updating changed files in either direction.

Step 1: Gather the Necessary Information. To transfer a file from a remote server via SSH using SCP, we need the following pieces of information: Login credentials - username, server name or IP address, and password. The port number for SSH connections. The path to the file on the remote server. I have ssh root access at a server and I need to download, then upload a file to it. I use putty on my local machine, connect and can do anything. But I don't know how to download the file:). I know that a way would be to set a ftp account but I don't want to do that just for a file. I am learning SSH as it seems there are no good SSH GUIs for Macs. I know how to make db dumps, cruise through the directories, etc, but the one last piece of the puzzle I need to learn is how to download folders/entire directories from the server and onto my local computer so I can then move them to another server.

Download File Using SSH. We can use SCP command to download the from remote server. For example I am going to download a file called “bltadwin.ru” which is located on remote server bltadwin.ru /opt directory in our local system /var directory. I can connect my office machine by SSH to the organization server and then SSH from the server to my office machine. The only commands the organization server accepts are ssh, ssh1, and ssh2. How can I download a file from my office (remote) machine through the server into my laptop (local) machine?. Articles Related to Download File From SSH to Local Machine. How to Choose a VPS or Virtual Private Server. How to Choose a VPS or Virtual Private Server by a starter or someone who wants to shift from free blogs like WordPress, Tumbler or Blogger or want to upgrade.