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How to copy files from one Linux system to another Linux system?

#rsync #linux

To copy a file from local machine to server with certificate file: 

rsync -avz -e "ssh -i ~/servers_ppk_files/pem_file.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" --progress ./file_to_be_copied.tar.gz username@0.0.0.0:~/file_to_be_copied.tar.gz
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To copy a directory from local machine to server with certificate file: 

rsync -avz -e "ssh -i ~/servers_ppk_files/pem_file.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" --progress ./folder_to_be_copied username@0.0.0.0:~/folder_to_be_copied
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To copy without certificate file: 

rsync -avz --progress ./file_to_be_copied.tar.gz username@0.0.0.0:~/file_to_be_copied.tar.gz
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rsync -avz --progress ./folder_to_be_copied username@0.0.0.0:~/folder_to_be_copied
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