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## Transferring Data Between your Local Machine and the Cloud

If you're using Windows with PuTTY instead of Git Bash, please select the alternative option here:
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### Uploading Data to your Virtual Machine with scp
### Uploading Data to your Virtual Machine with scp on Linux, Mac OS and Windows with Git Bash

`scp` stands for 'secure copy protocol', and is a widely used UNIX tool for moving files
between computers. The simplest way to use `scp` is to run it in your local terminal,
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Remember that in both instances, the command is run from your local machine, we've just flipped the order of the to and from parts of the command.
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### Uploading Data to your Virtual Machine with PSCP
### Uploading Data to your Virtual Machine with PSCP on Windows with Putty

If you're using a Windows PC without Git Bash, we recommend you use the *PSCP* program.
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This program is from the same suite of tools as the PuTTY program we have been using to connect.
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