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<li value="8">You can also use the '''scp''' command to copy files to and from remote hosts and even from one remote host to another.</li>
<li>Use '''scp''' to copy your services file to the centos3 host into the /tmp directory. (The path on a remote host follows the ''':''') using the command: <br /><b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">scp /etc/services ops235@centos3:/tmp</span></code></b></li>
<li>Here is a neat trick: You can run commands remotely using ssh by typing the command as an argument after the ssh command. Issue the following command in your '''centos2''' VM:<br><b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">ssh ops235@centos3 ls /tmp</span></code></b></li>
<li>What happened when you issued that command? Where you able to successfully using scp to copy the '''/etc/services''' file to '''centos3's /tmp''' directory?</li>
<li>Experiment with '''scp''' to copy a file from '''centos3''' directly to '''centos1'''.</li>
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