How to move files from my raspberry pi to mac via SSH

[MacBH928]

I have a "headless" raspberry pi that has files that I want to SSH into via MacOS terminal and retrieve the files from there, how can I do this?
I was successful by using an app called FileZilla and doing SFTP, but I was wondering if there is a smarter method that doesn't require a third app, after all everything can be controlled from the terminal isn't that right!?

 

[whiteonline]

You can use sftp from the command line.
sftp user@raspberryip

If you know the path and filename you can use scp
scp user@raspberryip:/path/to/remote/file /path/to/local/destination

 

[2984839]

Assuming your Pi's IP was 10.0.0.2, open a terminal and connect like so:

$ sftp username@10.0.0.2

To connect with a hostname instead of an IP, just substitute the IP address with the Pi's hostname:

$ sftp username@raspberrypihostname

This will give you a connection, but won't download anything. To actually download a file, use "get" like so:

sftp> get yourfile.txt

To download an entire directory, pass the -r option to get:

sftp> get -r /remote/directory

To upload files from your Mac to the Pi, use 'put':

sftp> put localfile.txt

To upload an entire directory, use 'put -r':

sftp> put -r /local/directory

To see all the remote files, use 'ls':

sftp> ls

To change directories on the remote system, use 'cd':

sftp> cd /other/directory

To see the local files in your current local directory (i.e., on your Mac, not on the Pi), use 'lls'. Think of the extra 'l' as meaning local:

sftp> lls

To change local directories on your Mac, run 'lcd':

sftp> lcd /other/local/directory

To exit, just type 'exit':

sftp> exit

 

[MacBH928]

Assuming your Pi's IP was 10.0.0.2, open a terminal and connect like so:

$ sftp username@10.0.0.2

To connect with a hostname instead of an IP, just substitute the IP address with the Pi's hostname:

$ sftp username@raspberrypihostname

This will give you a connection, but won't download anything. To actually download a file, use "get" like so:

sftp> get yourfile.txt

To download an entire directory, pass the -r option to get:

sftp> get -r /remote/directory

To upload files from your Mac to the Pi, use 'put':

sftp> put localfile.txt

To upload an entire directory, use 'put -r':

sftp> put -r /local/directory

To see all the remote files, use 'ls':

sftp> ls

To change directories on the remote system, use 'cd':

sftp> cd /other/directory

To see the local files in your current local directory (i.e., on your Mac, not on the Pi), use 'lls'. Think of the extra 'l' as meaning local:

sftp> lls

To change local directories on your Mac, run 'lcd':

sftp> lcd /other/local/directory

To exit, just type 'exit':

sftp> exit

Amazing tutorial. thanks for putting the effort

 

[Brugalo]

Open a terminal window and use the following command:

scp pi@<IP Address of Raspberry Pi>:<Path to File> .
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scp pi@<IP Address of Raspberry Pi>:<Path to File> .
Using a “.” at the end copies it to your current directory (you can find this out by typing “pwd”). NOTE there is a space between the filename and the “.”

If you want to specify a destination directory, just put it at the end, for example:

scp pi@192.168.1.180:Sleepy-Pi-Setup.sh /users/Jon
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scp pi@192.168.1.180:Sleepy-Pi-Setup.sh /users/Jon
An example of copying the Sleepy-Pi-Setup.sh from the “Pi” user’s home directory /home/pi to the current directory on the Mac.

scp pi@192.168.1.180:Sleepy-Pi-Setup.sh . (note the dot on the end)


Using SCP to copy a file RPi -> Mac
NOTE: This is done from the Mac Terminal window without being logged in to the Raspberry Pi over SSH.