How to copy files from kubernetes Pods to local system

Question

I\'m trying to copy files from Kubernetes Pods to my local system. I am getting the below error while running following command:

kubectl cp aks-ssh2-6cd4948         


        

Answer 1

According to https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands

kubectl cp is equivalent to using

kubectl exec -n -- tar cf - | tar xf - -C

So technically if you do not have tar installed on the pod, you can do kubectl exec -n -- cat >

Assuming the file is small or already compressed, the effect should be the same, except you cannot use cat on a directory or a set of files.