How to scp with a second remote host

Question

I wonder if there is a way for me to SCP the file from remote2 host directly from my local machine by going through a remote1 host.

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Answer 1

This will do the trick:

scp -o 'Host remote2' -o 'ProxyCommand ssh user@remote1 nc %h %p' \ 
    user@remote2:path/to/file .

To SCP the file from the host remote2 directly, add the two options (Host and ProxyCommand) to your ~/.ssh/config file (see also this answer on superuser). Then you can run:

scp user@remote2:path/to/file .

from your local machine without having to think about remote1.