Linux Commands Cheat Sheet

Secure Copy

Syntax Structure

scp [-346ABCpqrTv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file] [-J destination] [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] source ... target

Copy file from a remote host to local host SCP example:

scp username@from_host:file.txt /local/directory/

Copy file from local host to a remote host SCP example:

scp file.txt username@to_host:/remote/directory/

Copy directory from a remote host to local host SCP example:

scp -r username@from_host:/remote/directory/  /local/directory/

Copy directory from local host to a remote host SCP example:

scp -r /local/directory/ username@to_host:/remote/directory/

Copy file from remote host to remote host SCP example:

scp username@from_host:/remote/directory/file.txt username@to_host:/remote/directory/

Find

Using find as sudo yields different results

Syntax Structure

 find  [-H]  [-L] [-P] [-D debugopts] [-Olevel] [starting-point...] [expression]

Find file name host.conf, starting in root folder.

sudo find / -name host.conf

Find file name host.conf,starting in root folder, not case sensitive.

sudo find / -iname host.conf

Find file name host.conf, starting in root,not case sensitive using wildcard at the end

sudo find / -iname "host*"