Transfer files between nix based machines

Overview

1. Transfer files using netcat
2. Transfer files using python simplehttpserver
3. References

Transfer files using netcat

Consider you have a file /tmp/mini.iso. You want to transfer from your machine to 10.0.0.11

Start netcat server on destination machine listening on 5555 output to destination file

[~] ➜ nc -l -p 5555 > /tmp/mini.iso

Send file from source machine to the port on which destination machine is listening on

[~] ➜ cat /tmp/mini.iso | pv | nc 10.0.0.11 5555

OR

[~] ➜ nc 10.0.0.11 5555 < /tmp/mini.iso

» nc – arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens

» pv – monitor the progress of data through a pipe

» cat – concatenate files and print on the standard output

» -l – listen on specified port

» -p – port to be listened on

Transfer files using python simplehttpserver

Consider you have a file /tmp/mini.iso. You want to transfer from your machine to 10.0.0.11

Start python simple httpserver on the source machine listening on 5555 from the folder in which your file is placed

[~] ➜ ls
photo-1525249181835

[~] ➜ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 5555

On destination machine, open the browser and visit link http://10.0.0.11:5555/. You should see following information. Then you can download from the same

Directory listing for /
photo-1525249181835

References

» Linux Man pages

» Netcat Man pages

» PV Man pages