How do I copy a folder from remote to local using scp?

How do I copy a folder from remote to local host using scp?

Open iTerm2 Terminal on macOS, then use scp -r to Copy a Directory

scp -r username@host:/path/to/foo /home/user/desktop/

• -r: Recursively copy the entire directory.
• username: Your SSH username on the remote server.
• host: The IP address or hostname of the server. (your.server.example.com)
• /path/to/foo: Path to the folder on the remote server you want to copy.
• /home/user/desktop/: Local directory where you want to save the folder.

By not including the trailing '/' at the end of 'foo', you will copy the directory itself (along with its contents), rather than just the contents of the directory.

Without the trailing /: The entire directory (including its contents) will be copied to the destination.

scp -r user@host:/path/to/foo /path/to/local/

This copies the foo directory itself, including all its files and subdirectories, into /path/to/local/

With the trailing /: Only the contents of the directory (not the directory itself) will be copied into the destination directory.

scp -r user@host:/path/to/foo/ /path/to/local/

This copies only the contents of foo into /path/to/local/, not the foo directory itself.