How to Download File from Remote Server to Local Computer

In this download file from server to local machine ssh tutorial, I will show you how to download a file from your Linux server using ssh. Sometimes we need to download important files from our server.

Using scp, we can download files using ssh from the server very easily. If you don't know download file from remote server to local machine then this example is for you.

Just open your terminal and run the below command:

scp your_server_username@your_host:test.txt /your_local_directory

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Hope it can help you.