How to copy file from a Vagrant machine to localhost

Question

I want to copy a local file from a Vagrant machine to my localhost, but I am getting an error message:

ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1

Answer 1

Additional tools like scp or cat may not be necessary. Frederick Henri covered it here.

Essentially, cp [file] /var/www/[your vm]/.vagrant will copy the file to the .vagrant folder at your project root, where you can see and move the file in your desktop OS.