How to download a file from EC2 instance to Local Computer

Question

i have an instance of ec2.it have some files.i tried to download my file from ec2 instance to my local Ubuntu 13.10.i run this command

scp -i /home/ritesh/.ssh/         


        

Answer 1

For EC2 ubuntu
go to your .pem file directory
scp -i yourkey.pem ec2user@DNS_name:/home/ubuntu/foldername/filename ~/Desktop/localfolder