How to copy files using SSH [Archive] - The macosxhints Forums: "copy from a remote machine to my machine:
scp user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/file.txt /home/me/Desktop/file.txt
copy from my machine to a remote machine:
scp /home/me/Desktop/file.txt user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/file.txt
copy all file*.txt from a remote machine to my machine (file01.txt, file02.txt, etc.; note the quotation marks:
scp 'user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/file*.txt' /home/me/Desktop/file.txt
copy a directory from a remote machien to my machine:
scp -r user@192.168.1.100:/home/remote_user/Desktop/files /home/me/Desktop/."