Either of these commands let you securely transfer files between computers, but there are good reasons to know them both.

Finally, we examine the script file itself. In this example, I am opening a connection to an SFTP server (192.168.1.17) on my local network, specifying username (glasskeys) with password ...

FTP was the popular protocol for file transfer but short of using FTPS, it doesn't provide the security required these days. Here's how to use Secure Copy (SCP) for file transfer.