How do I escape spaces in path for scp copy in Linux?

Question

I\'m new to linux, I want to copy a file from remote to local system... now I\'m using scp command in linux system.. I have some folders or files names are with spaces, when

Answer 1

works

scp localhost:"f/a\ b\ c" .

scp localhost:'f/a\ b\ c' .

does not work

scp localhost:'f/a b c' .

The reason is that the string is interpreted by the shell before the path is passed to the scp command. So when it gets to the remote the remote is looking for a string with unescaped quotes and it fails

To see this in action, start a shell with the -vx options ie bash -vx and it will display the interpolated version of the command as it runs it.