While file transfer between windows systems is easy and straightforward, it is a little tricky when it comes to transferring files between a windows system and a Linux VPS. However, it can be done easily using SSH.

In Windows, you can just copy/paste a file or folder to a different Windows VPS or PC. In a Linux system, you can do it easily too by following some small steps.

Here we will show you how to transfer files from a windows system to a Linux VPS running Ubuntu OS. For this tutorial, we will be using PuTTy which is a popular SSH client to transfer the files.

Here are the steps you need to follow:

Step 1: Download PuTTy and PuTTy SCP (pscp).

• Firstly, you need to download PuTTy, and PuTTY SCP (pscp) if you don’t have it in your system.
• Secondly, ensure pscp.exe is in your system’s PATH or navigate to its directory using the command prompt.

Step 2: Transferring files using “pscp”.

• Firstly, open Command Prompt. You can either search and open it or just use Windows key + R, then type cmd to open it.
• Secondly, navigate to the directory containing the “pscp.exe”. You can do that by running this command in the CMD.

• Now, use the following command to transfer the file to the Linux VPS.

Command format:

Command format:

Step 3: Verify if the file has been transferred successfully.

• If you want to check if the file has been transferred, then open PuTTy and login to the VPS.
• Then Navigate to the directory where you transferred it.
• After that go to the directory by using $ cd home.
• Then use this command: $ ls

If you want to remove the file, then use the “rm” command.

Step 4: Removing a file or directory if needed.

• Then use this command: $ ls

If you want to remove a directory, then use “rm -r” command

• Enter your VPS password. (You may be asked to type yes or y to confirm the connection before entering the password).
• Secondly, you need to determine which file you want to transfer and the location/directory of the file.

• In this case, you can use the “scp” command to move files between a source VPS and a destination VPS.

General Command format:

Here “/home/folder1/filename.ext” is the location/directory of the file in the source VPS. This part is for the destination VPS “root@destination_ip:/home/folder2/filename.ext”.
Here root@destination_ip is the username@destination_ip, :”/home/folder2/filename.ext” is the destination directory to transfer the file/folder.

Example:

For Example, If the Destination VPS’s IP is: 170.205.52.101 and the username is “root”; and the file is in “home/transfer” directory in the Source VPS (184.164.81.56), then use the following command to transfer the file: