<h2 id="heading-problem">Problem</h2>
<p>I've got two laptops, Lenovo with Ubuntu and a Mac, and I want to share some files, without using any external hard drives or USB sticks.</p>
<h2 id="heading-scp"><code>scp</code></h2>
<p>I used <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/scp">scp (secure file copy)</a>, which allows copying files between computers using <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/protocol">SSH Protocol</a>.</p>
<h2 id="heading-command">Command</h2>
<p>On my mac I run the command below, and after a while all files were transfered.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">scp -r /Users/maciek/photos maciek@192.168.1.14:/home/maciek/
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li><code>-r</code> - recursively copy entire directories</li>
<li><code>/Users/maciek/photos</code> - absolutele path of the directory I want to copy (you could also use relative path)</li>
<li><code>maciek@192.168.1.14:/home/maciek/</code> - <code>[user@]host:[path]</code></li>
</ul>


## Problem

I've got two laptops, Lenovo with Ubuntu and a Mac, and I want to share some files, without using any external hard drives or USB sticks.

## `scp`

I used [scp (secure file copy)](https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/scp), which allows copying files between computers using [SSH Protocol](https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/protocol).

## Command

On my mac I run the command below, and after a while all files were transfered.

```bash
scp -r /Users/maciek/photos maciek@192.168.1.14:/home/maciek/
```

*   `-r` - recursively copy entire directories
*   `/Users/maciek/photos` - absolutele path of the directory I want to copy (you could also use relative path)
*   `maciek@192.168.1.14:/home/maciek/` - `[user@]host:[path]`

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