SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

scp Options

OpenSSH	Tectia	Option	Meaning
✓	✓	-1	Use SSH-1 protocol
✓		-2	Use SSH-2 protocol
✓		-4	Use IPv4 addresses only
✓		-6	Use IPv6 addresses only
	✓	-a [src: |dest:[unix |mac |dos]]	Transfer files in ASCII mode
✓		-a	No file-by-file statistics
✓		-A	Print file-by-file statistics
✓	✓	-B	Batch mode: disable prompting
✓	✓	-c cipher	Select encryption cipher
✓		-C	Enable compression
✓		--checksum (yes |no)	Compare files by checksum (optimization)
✓	✓	-d	Require target to be a directory when copying a single file
	✓	-D debug_spec	Enable debug messages
✓	✓	-f	Specify copy FROM (internal use)
✓		-F filename	Specify alternative configuration file
	✓	--force-lower-case	Rename destination files in all lowercase
	✓	-h	Print help message
✓	✓	-i filename	Select identity file
	✓	-I	Interactive mode: prompt before overwriting
✓		-l kilobits_per_second	Limit bandwidth
	✓	-M num	Set maximum number of requests to num
	✓	-n	Print actions, but don’t copy
✓	✓	-o “keyword value”	Set configuration keyword
	✓	--overwrite (yes |no)	Do/don’t overwrite existing files
✓	✓	-p	Preserve file attributes
✓	✓	-P port	Select TCP port number
✓	✓	-q	Quiet mode
	✓	-Q	Don’t print statistics
✓	✓	-r	Recursive copy
✓	✓	-S filename	Path to ssh executable
	✓	--statistics (yes |no |simple)	Verbosity level for statistics
✓	✓	-t	Specify copy TO (internal use)
	✓	-u	Remove original file after copying
✓	✓	-v	Verbose mode
	✓	-V	Print version number
	✓	-W	Always transfer whole ...