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How I transfer local files using Putty to my remote server?

I am using nginx - Ubuntu, and I would like know how put local files into my remote server.

Example the directory of my local file:

C:\Users\Jonny\Desktop\Websitenw\Logo\image.png

Put in:

/usr/share/nginx/html/websitenw/images/

What is the command line in Putty?

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InverseWolf • October 23, 2018

Here is what worked for me on Windows:

  1. Download Putty package
  2. Open cmd
  3. cd to the Putty’s folder - inside that folder pscp.exe file should reside
  4. Suppose we have these folders:

file to copy: C:/Desktop/file.txt

private key: C:/Desktop/privatekey.ppk

destination on server: root@droplet_IP:/opt/tomcat/somefolder

then you should run this command:

pscp -i C:/Desktop/privatekey.ppk C:/Desktop/file.txt root@IP:/opt/tomcat/somefolder
Jokie Bose • August 30, 2017

pscp -r your/local/directory/ userID@hostserver:/your/destination/directory

This works fine for me. I copied entire directory with all sub-directories from my local windows machine to linux server.

Depends upon the size of the directory, the time increases.

Felice • February 15, 2016

you can use VSFTP or FTP, or simplest way by using SCP. This will directly copy file from localhost to server

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