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

Use 3 backslashes to escape spaces in names of directories:

scp user@host:/path/to/directory\\\ with\\\ spaces/file ~/Downloads

should copy to your Downloads directory the file from the remote directory called directory with spaces.