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1. e.g.  scp  pub.tar.gz  to  testing @ 123.123.123.123  and current folder.
scp pub.tar.gz  testing@123.123.123.123:.
2. e.g. scp the public_html folder and  recursively to the testing@123.123.123.123 current folder.
scp -r ./public_html  testing@123.123.123.123
Note:  use  -v  for the verbose mode

1. Compress a folder  (e.g. public_html) to be a tar and gzip archive file
tar -czvf  pub.tar.gz   ./public_html
2. Uncompress tar file to the current folder
zcat ./pub.tar.gz | tar xvf -