Another option for transferring files between two computer with SSH is using the command scp. This attempts to use the same syntax as the tradition copy command (cp), but differs in that you can specify remote servers. For example, to send a file to a remote server, type

$ scp 
localFile
 
user@server:/destination/directory/

You can similarly fetch a file:

$ 
scp
 
user@server:/path/to/wantedfile destinationFile

Or even between two remote servers:

$ scp 
user1@server1:/path/to/source
 
user2@server2:/path/to/destination

In every case that you access a remote server, you will be prompted for your credentials (such as a username and password).