PuTTY command line mode
First, install and configure the PuTTY client to connect a remote host. Then add the PuTTY install path to your local system PATH environment variable. This will allow you to use PuTTY's command line mode.
Adding PuTTY to your PATH
Windows 7
- Click Start in the taskbar.
- Right-click on Computer, select Properties.
- In the System window, click on Advanced system settings on the left.
- In the System Properties window, click on Environment Variables….
- In the Environment Variables window, PATH should be highlighted, click Edit….
- In the Edit User Variable window, click in the Variable value: box and move to the end using the right arrow. Type
;C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY
. - Click OK to save and exit the Edit User Variable window.
- Click OK to exit the Environment Variables window.
- Click OK to exit the System window.
Windows XP
- From the desktop, right-click on My Computer, select Properties.
- In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab.
- In the Advanced tab section, click on Environment Variables at the bottom.
- In the Environment Variables window under System variables, click on Path to highlight it, then click Edit.
- In the Edit System Variable window, click in the Variable value: box and move to the end using the right arrow. Type
;C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY
. - Click OK to save and exit the Edit System Variable window.
- Click OK to exit the Environment Variables window.
- Click OK to exit the System Properties window.
Using command line PuTTY without a saved session
Copy from remote system to local system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script, use
pscp traine@mills.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-file local-file
to copy a single file, remote-file
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-file
on your local system in the current directory, or
pscp -r traine@mills.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-dir local-dir
to copy an entire directory, remote-dir
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-dir
on your local system in the current directory.
Copy from local system to remote system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script, use
pscp local-file traine@mills.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-file
to copy a single file, local-file
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on remote host, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-file
, or
pscp -r local-dir traine@mills.hpc.udel.edu:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-dir
to copy an entire directory, local-dir
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on remote host, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-dir
.
Using command line PuTTY with a saved session
Copy from remote system to local system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script using a saved session called mills-traine
with username traine
and encryption cipher selection policy set to Arcfour (SSH-2 only)
, use
pscp mills-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-file local-file
using arcfour
cipher to copy a single file, remote-file
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-file
on your local system, or
pscp -r mills-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-dir local-dir
using arcfour
cipher to copy an entire directory, remote-dir
, from account, traine
, on the remote system, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, to local-dir
on your local system.
Copy from local system to remote system
In a Windows (cmd
) window or adding a line to a batch script using a saved session called mills-traine
with username traine
and encryption cipher selection policy set to Arcfour (SSH-2 only)
, use
pscp local-file mills-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-file
using arcfour
cipher to copy a single file, local-file
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on the remote system, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-file
on your remote system, or
pscp -r local-dir mills-traine:/lustre/work/it_css/traine/remote-dir
using arcfour
cipher to copy an entire directory, local-dir
, on your local system in the current directory, to account, traine
, on the remote system, mills.hpc.udel.edu
, in the specified directory for remote-dir
on your remote system.