How to use SCP in Linux/Unix?

SCP( secure copy) copies files between two hosts on a network

 
scp a.tx user@127.0.0.1:/tmp  
 
Press enter key, this will prompt the password. Provide the correct password of the user.

Then files will be copied to tmp folder of 127.0.0.1

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