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How do I copy a file from a remote server to my local Windows system using a Putty session?

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    One solution is to configure port forwarding with putty (e.g. 8080 to 8080), then inside your SSH session run `python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080`. Then locally open a browser and go to `localhost:8080`. – falsePockets Dec 13 '19 at 06:12

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It worked using PSCP. Instructions:

  1. Download PSCP.EXE from Putty download page
  2. Open command prompt and type set PATH=<path to the pscp.exe file>
  3. In command prompt point to the location of the pscp.exe using cd command
  4. Type pscp

  5. use the following command to copy file form remote server to the local system

    pscp [options] [user@]host:source target

So to copy the file /etc/hosts from the server example.com as user fred to the file c:\temp\example-hosts.txt, you would type:

pscp fred@example.com:/etc/hosts c:\temp\example-hosts.txt
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    if you need to connect to a specific port then use the following. pscp -P userid@:path/source_file_name c:\path\destination – Swamy Nov 12 '14 at 07:18
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    To authenticate with ssh key use `-i C:\path\id_rsa.ppk` [link](https://verrytechnical.com/using-pscp-with-ssh-key-pair-authentication-to-transfer-files/) – Nicolas Sep 25 '18 at 12:32
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    It is handy to save the session in putty and use that session so no hassle of authentication within pscp. `pscp sessionname:source target` , where sessionname is replaced by the name of your saved session in putty. – Bikash kharel Dec 18 '18 at 10:08
  • So it's not possible to do this inside the putty window, it has to be used in CMD? – Herman Toothrot Mar 08 '19 at 05:50
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    @HermanToothrot it seems like it. you need to run it separately from putty. Also, i think i should point out that you need double-quotes on the Windows path if you specify a full path like this: `pscp pi@192.168.0.123:/folder/myfile.txt "D:\Temporary\\myfile.txt"` alternatively, you could always use WinSCP which is way easier to use because of the GUI – mickeymicks Dec 16 '19 at 10:51
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    What's the point of obliterating your `PATH` settings if you're just going to `cd` into `pscp`'s folder anyway? Why even include step 4 (which does nothing)? These instructions are mess. – pbarney Aug 07 '20 at 17:18
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One of the putty tools is pscp.exe; it will allow you to copy files from your remote host.

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