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# Secure Copy Protocol (SCP)

## Transferring from remote to host:

```
sudo scp user@192.168.1.2:/home/john/evidence-output* /home
```

### Copy the remote file to the localhost:

```
scp your_username@192.168.0.10:<remote_file> /some/local/directory
```

### Copy the local file to the remote host:

```
scp <local_file> your_username@192.168.0.10:/some/remote/directory
```