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wget command in terminal to download files via ssh?

what is my end goal? I want to be able to be home, and download files from the computer in my office AND i think it would be cool if I were able to do it via Terminal. lol
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wget is for http or ftp URLs, yes.

What you probably want to use is scp if the systems in question have ssh/sshd installed.

Then you could, from host #1:

scp host2:/path/to/file local/path/to/copied/file

If ssh/sshd is not an option, you may need to use NFS or Samba (windows file sharing) to accomplish it.
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reply to nu2this
wget works great. You will probably have to read the man page to get the most out of it, though.

man wget

reply to nu2this
you're looking for scp, not wget.

reply to nu2this
As mentioned, you're looking for scp. The syntax is scp user@host:/path/to/file /destination/file.

reply to pflog
i tried scp but I may have done it wrong

reply to squircle
ahhhh... you just showed me what i missed... the colon between lemme try... thanks!

reply to squircle
admin:Desktop admin$ scp admin@192.168.1.145:/Users/admin/Desktop/ENIGMA.jpg
usage: scp [-12346BCEpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
[-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]
[[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2

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Why are you so surprised to see sinners in church? Are you shocked to see sick people in a hospital too?

YOU ARE AWESOME! thanks!
so freaking cool!

thank you so much!

now on to the next issue... to do this outside of the network (from my home to the office)

I believe the port forwarding for that router would be under "Applications & Gaming", but not 100% sure.

The firewall I was asking about was at your work. Does your work restrict connections only to port 80/443 (for web browsing) or is there a proxy configured in your browser at work in order to connect to web sites? Or do you connect directly with no proxy?
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"I drank what?" -Socrates

reply to pflog
on the cisco LInksys E2500 / Applications and Gaming tab... i went to single port forwarding

External Port 22
Internal Port 22
Protocol BOTH (tcp udp)
to IP Address (can't be left blank) it's all 192.168.1. (fill in last 3) only option

and then check the box to Enable

but I don't think this works from outside of the network.
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Why are you so surprised to see sinners in church? Are you shocked to see sick people in a hospital too?

reply to pflog
it's my office. I don't have an IT guy... lol (me i guess) I haven't setup any firewalls (other then what is coming from the router as default and/or ISP COMCAST XFINITY as default. nothing extra.

I am running 10.8.2 on all my macs (office and home)
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Why are you so surprised to see sinners in church? Are you shocked to see sick people in a hospital too?

reply to nu2this
Yes, it will if that's your only router. So now you should be able to, in theory:

ssh youruser@public_ip_on_router

If so, scp should work in the same manner. You won't be able to scp FROM home to work, but you can accomplish the same thing buy initiating the scp always from the work machine:

from work to home:

scp /path/to/local/file homeuser@home_public_ip:/path/to/file/at/home
 

scp homeuser@home_public_ip:/path/to/file/to/copy /path/to/file/at/work
 

how can i see if router port 22 is blocked? and can i try to connect to public ip from inside the office to test? or will it get errors?
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Why are you so surprised to see sinners in church? Are you shocked to see sick people in a hospital too?