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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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If you are using Linux, Mac OS, or Windows with Git Bash on your local machine, you can use
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`scp` to upload data to your virtual machine.

<option value="unix" id="id_unix" selected> Linux, Mac OS, Git Bash </option>
<option value="win" id="id_win"> PuTTY </option>
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### Uploading Data to your Virtual Machine with scp
### SCP

`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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If you are using Windows without Git Bash on your local machine, you can use `pscp.exe`
to upload data to your virtual machine.

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### Uploading Data to your Virtual Machine with PSCP
### PCSP

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.

1. If you haven't done so, download pscp from [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/pscp.exe](https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/pscp.exe)
1. If you haven't done so, download *PSCP* from [http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/pscp.exe](https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/pscp.exe)
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you have not

2. Make sure the *PSCP* program is somewhere you know on your computer. In this case,
your Downloads folder is appropriate.
3. Open the windows [PowerShell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell);
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C:\User\your-pc-username\Downloads
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- Scripts are a collection of commands executed together.
- Transferring information to and from virtual and local computers.

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