SCP secure copy directly between linux machines

SCP : secure copy directly between linux servers. SCP runs on port 22 by default.

server1 = 192.168.0.10
server2 = 192.168.0.11


Syntax : scp -[options] username@server1:/path  /local_path

Options :

p = Speed of connection
r = Recursive
v = Verbose details
C = Compression
l = Bandwidth Limit (l -500)
p= Port

root@server2:/tmp# scp -pr root@server1:/root/test /tmp
test1                                         100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00
test2                                         100%    0     0.0KB/s   00:00

More : http://www.tecmint.com/scp-commands-examples/