Examples:-
scp myfile you@remote.machine.org:/home/yourdir
Copy the file called ``myfile'' from the current directory to the directory called ``home/yourdir'' belonging to the user ``you'' on the computer ``remote.machine.org''.
scp "you@remote.machine.org:/home/yourdir/*" ./
Copy all files from the directory called ``home/yourdir'' belonging to the user ``you'' on the computer ``remote.machine.org'' to the current directory. For further information see section 8.7.