Downloading file using SSH from a server without web access

Question

I want to download a file from a server to my laptop with which I just have ssh connection. I'm running OSX and using iterm2 terminal.

Answer 1

Run this command in  your terminal:

scp your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt /local/dir

change the username, filename, host, directory as desired. Use the -i option if you plan on using EC2 (or any other service that needs a private key)

scp -i key_file.pem your_username@remotehost.edu:/remote/dir/foobar.txt /local/dir

From: http://www.hypexr.org/linux_scp_help.php