How to upload files and folders to AWS EC2 instance?

Question

I use SSH to connect to my Ubuntu instance. With SSH I can administer files and folders on the instance, but how do I upload files and folders from my local machine to the instance? Is it possible to do right from SSH session, without using SFTP clients?

Accepted Answer

Just to add a bit more detail to the scp command (included in OSx and most linux/unix):

```
scp -i myssh.pem local_file username@200.200.200.200:/home/username
```

Obviously - replace the pem file with the one used for ssh access. Obviously replace "username" and "200.200.200.." with valid values for your setup.

How to upload files and folders to AWS EC2 instance?

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