Transfer files between two servers using SCP

We can transfer files between 2 remote hosts using the scp command as follows :

scp Username@Server1:/path-to-file-to-be-copied/ Username@Server2:/destination-path-where-files-are-to-be-copied/

Note that you may have to enter the credentials manually after this to logon to both the hosts.

Eg :

scp user123@Unix_Host_1:/Users/user123/Documents/Textfile.txt user123@Unix_Host_2:/users/user123/Documents/

You may also use the -3 switch to transfer files from one machine to another through your local host.

Check out the following available switches on a Mac OS X machine :

usage: scp [-12346BCEpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]

           [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]

           [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2