To copy files to and from local or remote computers, use the scp (secure copy) command.  The syntax is identical to ordinary copying with cp.

scp FILE_TO_COPY [MORE_FILES_TO_COPY] DESTINATION

Unlike cp, the file to copy and/or their destination may be a remote computer.  The user must specify the remote machine name and directory as a prefix.  So for example, to copy a local file named myfile to my remote home directory ("/Users/kevinernste") on b27.music.cornell.edu, I would type:

scp myfile b27.music.cornell.edu:/Users/kevinernste/

Note the colon ":" between the machine name and the directory in the destination argument.  This syntax should be followed carefully.

 As with cp (and other Unix commands), all unix "wildcards" will work, so:

scp *  b27.music.cornell.edu:/Users/kevinernste/

...will copy all files in the current directory to the destination directory on b27.  To directories and subdirectories, just add "-r", so:

scp -r *  b27.music.cornell.edu:/Users/kevinernste/