# Help with SSH

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-ssh/156160>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [July 23, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-ssh/156160 "2005-07-23T03:22:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdipi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mdipi/32/49_2.png) [@mdipi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mdipi)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-ssh/156160/1 "2005-07-23T03:22:26Z")

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Hey guys,  
I’ve connected to my school’s fileserver via SSH, but need to pull some files down to my local machine so i can work on them.

I tried a simple CP command because SCP isnt installed.

```auto

cp 'School_Work Post March Break.zip' mdipi@my.ip

```

But that didnt work, am I not using the command right? I’ve never CP’ed from a server before, just on my local machine.

Any help would be awesome. I tried a few Google searches and they all came up with SCP stuff, so if there’s another way to do it, I’m up for suggestions!

-Mike